Google said Chrome OS, which is based on the open-source Linux code, is being designed for all PCs but will debut on netbooks. It makes sense for Google to initially target the stripped-down, Web-centric netbooks, one of the only segments showing any growth in a PC market that is contracting.
Netbooks generally sell for $300 to $400, but prices are dropping as new offerings flood the market and wireless carriers offer subsidies with the purchase of a data plan.
Kaufman Bros analyst Shaw Wu noted that while the prices on nearly all PC components have been falling, "the one thing that has not been coming down is the cost of the operating system. This is going to put some pressure on Microsoft."

indiatimes.com on googleos

According to a statement from the director of engineering for Google, will install antivirus in Google Chrome OS, since according to this engineer, Chrome obsolete OS cease to malwares and viruses today.

Forceful words for something that has not yet stepped on the network, and ensure that Google Chrome OS is being created by a new security architecture based on a Linux kernel, and because most of its processes are executed in cloud (network), security is ensured.

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The company hasn’t released any official images of the Chrome Operating System yet, but a tipster sent a group of images to my colleagues at Download Squad.

Now, I’d take these images with a bucket full of salt. But they seem more plausible than the first round of photos that leaked a few weeks back, and which were confirmed to be a hoax.

At lilputing.com

What will be the ef­fect of Google’s new Chrome Op­er­at­ing sys­tem on web site pro­mo­tion ef­forts? The sim­ple an­swer to this ques­tion is that it prob­a­bly will have lit­tle or no ef­fect. Google’s search en­gine rules and meth­ods will not change ap­pre­cia­bly un­der a new op­er­at­ing sys­tem. What will be the im­pact of a new Chrome Op­er­at­ing Sys­tem on the com­put­ing world? It may sig­nif­i­cant­ly af­fect the type of com­put­er you buy in the fu­ture. It may al­so have a sig­nif­i­cant af­fect on Mi­crosoft, and this is why.

We have yet to see re­al­ly low-​cost net­books hit the mar­ket… (read on)

This seems to be the title everyone is using since Google announced the launch of its lightweight operating system, “Google Chrome OS”, but it could be argued that there isn’t much meat in this headline.

Granted Windows 7 is supposed to be a modular operating system that could potentially be deployed in lightweight systems such as web books (the target for Chrome OS) but I believe windows XP will stay the preferred choice for a low cost Windows solution in a web book.

If Chrome OS is not going to be competing with Windows 7, then what will it be competing with?

There was a considerable amount of excitement when Google announced Chrome OS. Many felt that it was a significant development that would not only have an impact on Google’s future, but on Microsoft’s future.

But the fate of one Android-based netbook may be a sign of things to come for Google’s OS efforts.

Acer, of the world’s largest laptop and netbook manufacturers, has pushed back the launch of a dual-boot Android/Windows XP netbook due to a lack of demand.

econsultancy.com

Sharing hopes and fears; we’ve been doing this since the vague Chrome OS announcement came out.  Why?  Because there’s so little we actually know, we’ve all resorted to conjecture.  So while we hope for more info soon, here is a summary of hopes and fears…

We hope it will disturb the OS market and generate innovation.  We fear it will be just another variant of Linux.

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So, with chrome OS, you wont be able to…
1. Save Files Locally in the Traditional Way
2. Run Desktop-Based Applications
3. Run CPU-Intensive Apps
4. Frag
5. Work Offline
6. Have All Your Hardware Work Seamlessly
7. Multitask Like You’re Used To
8. Get Tech Support
9. Maintain Strict Control Over Your Privacy
10. Ditch Your Current Desktop OS Entirely

Interesting thoughts

Isn’t this something similar to what Google is thinking of in Chrome OS? By theory, part of WebOS’s appeal is that a Pre user can edit script, HTML, and style sheet files to adapt the device to their liking, and the Web-based approach reached all the way up to the top level of the GUI.

If you look carefully, the idea is same as what Google had be touting about in Chrome OS.

The applications are written in web based languages, and they run inside your OS via browser like engine.

Palm Pre, Chrome OS – The Most Open Platforms using Web Applications

If Google is successful in persuading PC makers to bundle the OS on netbooks or other machines, than every PC that goes out the door with Google’s operating system is one less PC being sold with Microsoft Windows. In theory, at least, a cool new OS from Google could even wean away some potential Macintosh buyers, hurting Apple as well.

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