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
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