Transcript Chrome OS

Chrome OS
Security – Boot
Security
 User information and system information are
separate partitions
 User information is encrypted
 System information is on read-only
Security – Web Applications
Advantages
 Cost – Operating system is free ($300?)
 Speed – Blazing fast
 Compatibility – No worries of updates and
installation. Information can be
interchangeable. No proprietary application.
 Portability – Netbook
 Applications – Google has convert local
applications into web applications
Disadvantages
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Require internet connection
Can only run web application
Does not run Android applications, yet
No local applications
Only a compliment to at home computers
Future of Google Chrome Web/OS
 Chrome web browser will add extensions
 Expand hardware limitations to full size
laptops and desktops
 Open Source will allow developers to
integrate Firefox, IE8, or other web browsers
 Possibly implement Android applications
 Chromium OS can be adopted for all
computers
Works Cited
 http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/releasingchromium-os-open-source.html
 http://www.chromium.org/chromium-os
 http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/11/google-chromeos-ditch-your-hard-drives-the-future-is-the-web/
 http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/07/five-thingsgoogles-chrome-os-will-do-for-your-netbook/
 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google/6616391/Go
ogle-Chrome-OS-Are-clouds-the-future-of-computing.html