Google Chrome OS for tablet PCs?
Google's web-based OS looks certain to head to tablet PCs now, but what's the point?
Google's web-based OS looks certain to head to tablet PCs now, but what's the point?
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Chrome OS for tablet PCs?
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alt21
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Everything stored online with our data charges :-/
Chrome OS is for the day Furbies come with 12 inch retina displays and uncapped for life on special at Reggies.
pkid
Expert Member
Lol!
I must admit that Google are annoying me with all their changes in direction. I never thought that I would hear myself say this but when I get a new tablet at the end of the year it is probably going to be an iPad.
Elimentals
Honorary Master
The 1st set to understand Google is to know what they do.
Remember unlike Microsoft and Apple, Google is not a software house, they don't make money out of software, they make money out of selling adds. Think of them as a advertizing company with a huge R&D department. In order to sell those adds they need to ensure that they the preferred medium. Example: They make money out of iPhone searches just as much as they make out of Android ones. In for example the mobile market they wanted to make sure they do not dependent on other companies for that income, so in the Phone example they brought out there own OS so that when a Windows Mobile(Bing) thing happen they can still sell there adds.
Same goes out for all the other projects at Google, be it the browser, video's or maps or email, its all given to you so that they can go to there customers and say I can supply you with x views. Unlike the software houses they dont have to sell there (ideas) to make money, they just have to make sure that people use them instead of the other (idea) so that they can continue selling that x number of viewers. Now back to the ChromeOS, this is just one of there many beta projects and if people take to it, great they will have another medium to sell adds, if they dont, so what.
Its up to the market to decide if we want cloud based computing or not. and if we do, ChromeOS will be ready and waiting to supply us with the means to do so. Personally I prefer the Jolicloud approach to cloud computing, again Google makes the same amount of money on both.
Remember unlike Microsoft and Apple, Google is not a software house, they don't make money out of software, they make money out of selling adds. Think of them as a advertizing company with a huge R&D department. In order to sell those adds they need to ensure that they the preferred medium. Example: They make money out of iPhone searches just as much as they make out of Android ones. In for example the mobile market they wanted to make sure they do not dependent on other companies for that income, so in the Phone example they brought out there own OS so that when a Windows Mobile(Bing) thing happen they can still sell there adds.
Same goes out for all the other projects at Google, be it the browser, video's or maps or email, its all given to you so that they can go to there customers and say I can supply you with x views. Unlike the software houses they dont have to sell there (ideas) to make money, they just have to make sure that people use them instead of the other (idea) so that they can continue selling that x number of viewers. Now back to the ChromeOS, this is just one of there many beta projects and if people take to it, great they will have another medium to sell adds, if they dont, so what.
Its up to the market to decide if we want cloud based computing or not. and if we do, ChromeOS will be ready and waiting to supply us with the means to do so. Personally I prefer the Jolicloud approach to cloud computing, again Google makes the same amount of money on both.
Joe Average
Senior Member
You want a tablet PC? Do you want it to run Chrome, Android, Blackberry or Web OS? And which hardware do you prefer?
None of the above, give me a real OS, Win7 (or then Win8 for Tablets) on decent hardware, i.e. : http://www.asus.com/Eee/Eee_Pad/Eee_Slate_EP121/ so that I can use it for business purposes and get some work done.
Available locally :
http://www.myviliv.com/eng/product/x70ex.asp
http://www.tabletrevolution.org/win-7-slate
The rest, as correctly mentioned by stricken, you can buy from Reggies and give to your kids to play with.
None of the above, give me a real OS, Win7 (or then Win8 for Tablets) on decent hardware, i.e. : http://www.asus.com/Eee/Eee_Pad/Eee_Slate_EP121/ so that I can use it for business purposes and get some work done.
Available locally :
http://www.myviliv.com/eng/product/x70ex.asp
http://www.tabletrevolution.org/win-7-slate
The rest, as correctly mentioned by stricken, you can buy from Reggies and give to your kids to play with.
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Elimentals
Honorary Master
Well at least the Android/iPhone tablets can go for more than 3 hours and you dont cook your privates while using them.
You dont drive around every day in a 10 ton truck to pick up the kids, why do you need a full blown PC just to open a website or read a novel.
Joe Average
Senior Member
I don't want to just open a website or read a novel, that is exactly my problem, I need a device that I can replace my notebook with while on the go.
Maybe, while I am at the airport, I want to edit some code (Visual Studio 2010) , or change some data remotely (in SQL 2008) or restart a service using Win Remote Desktop - none of which I can do with Android or iPad. Most of these advanced Win7 tablet devices have long battery life (more than 4 hours) and use SSD drives which does not get too hot. Have a look at : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEllYqlhPgk for a sample, you can buy it locally for less than R5k, and it can take many 3g cards or plug the modem into the USB slot
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kingrob
Guest
Then you can just as well get yourself a good laptop with a proper keyboard.
Joe Average
Senior Member
Why, and then carry 2 devices and my smartphone along ? Does not make sense.
The whole idea of a tablet PC is mobility. Having a keyboard and mouse is unfeasable as you need something you can slip out of a pouch and tap away.
As for Google Chrome on Tablets - 99% of South Africans would need to take Chrome off and put a different O/S on as the data rates in the country are just not realistic enough to actually use everything you need on a normal PC which you would want to access while mobile.
As for Google Chrome on Tablets - 99% of South Africans would need to take Chrome off and put a different O/S on as the data rates in the country are just not realistic enough to actually use everything you need on a normal PC which you would want to access while mobile.
Elimentals
Honorary Master
You can run it in VMware if you want, its basically chrome browser as a shell running on top of a Linux kernel.
Cloud computing is unavoidable and Google is now on the right track with Chrome OS (I've waited for this direction shift to happen). The problem for us - and many in the developing world - is the enormous cost implications of cloud computing. My mobile data bill is rising every month and it is going to grow expontially if I want to remain part of the devoloping cloud computing reality. Can Africa catch up, or will it be left out of this revolution again?
Those wishing for OS stability must look at something other than Google products. With Google you'll always be a beta tester as the company continually evolves its products/ services. Change is contstant at Google. 24 month cell contracts, expensive hardware, and very expensive data is the problem, not Google. Cheaper gadgets using cheaper data is required to run with Google as it evolves.
elvis_presley
Expert Member
Not really true. The only reason they make almost all of their money from advertising is because they've failed in all their other ventures to make significant money. They actually have a large list of commercial software services, from mapping services to cloud productivity solutions, to billing solutions. But they get beaten in every other market they attempt to enter; advertising is the only one they can make stick. Google would dearly love to be more of a software house and diversify their income, but they just can't make it happen.
elvis_presley
Expert Member
It's not just Africa - large parts of the world seem to be moving away from cloud computing friendly environments; USA and Canada keep trying to put relatively small caps on their clients; the East and Australia want to control and censor their internet. I think they see cloud computing happening more and more and are taking pre-emptive steps to protect their networks from overload, because upgrading them sounds too much like hard/expensive work.
Elimentals
Honorary Master
Oh so that is why they give away everything they have, be it Google maps(before that there was no free online mapping) Gmail, Chrome Browser, docs, youtube, and all the other services, it is because they want to be a software house and make money off selling software. That must be the reason why they giving all the money that they make from android app market to the Service providers and handset makers as well.
It all makes sense now. Thanx