Google Chrome OS - First & Final Impression
Posted on November 25, 2009 by Jay FarmingtonSo I finally got Google Chrome installed on my netbook. It was a fairly painless operation that took no more than 20 minutes with the download and boot configuration. It took a minute to get a root password to login. The entire OS works off of an Internet connection so I ran into a snag when I was trying to login with my Google information. Without the net there was no way to verify it so once I finally hunted down the root info I was ready to roll.
All in all the OS is quick and peppy, however there isn't much to it. Think of it as a web browser that has some icons that link to specific websites. That is really all it is! Chrome OS is the Chrome browser with a few added features. Everything is a web app. There are no executable files or anything of that nature. All Chrome OS does is take web app (websites) like Twitter and Facebook and link them on a panel that has a nice little icon. I guess the beauty of the OS is the fact it will be free. Netbook providers can now offer cheaper products because they don't need to pay Microsoft a fortune to OEM Windows. For what it does it works well. It provides you with a portal to the Internet while making all of Google's toys easy to access and always available. I am sure as time goes on there will be a ton of extensions however as it stands right now there isn't really anything I need this for. All in all if you have a netbook and use it strictly for Internet use then you can't go wrong with this. However if you use your netbook to chat on AIM or listen to some mp3's via Winamp, sync your iPod or sort through some Digicam photos, this isn't the right OS for you. This isn't really an OS, it's a web OS.
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