Google Chrome OS: I Want This NOW!
November 21st, 2009
Am I the only one hungry for this and wanting it RIGHT NOW!?! I can’t be. Seriously, how many people out there just need a machine to take with them while on the move–to get email, use the numerous Google web apps like Docs, Calendar, Maps, Gmail, etc? This will be a PERFECT alternative. Fast, simple, less hassle, less encumbersome… did I mention faster? My Asus Eee Pc with a light linux OS is pretty darn fast… but I don’t even want to bother with the additional applications that comes on it that I never use.
I have slowly but surely moved almost everything I do into the cloud–the internet is where I keep all my files and work–I’m not fully there yet, but knowing Google Chrome OS is coming in 2010 makes me want to wrap up the migration process. Having data lost to computer crashes in the last 15 years has finally gotten me to this point–the last 7 or so years I’ve been lucky and have had no crashes, but I’ve also learned to backup everything pretty hardcore.
Still… I’d rather make “backing up” my work, part of “saving my work” somewhere on the web–the cloud–instantly secure… This would be the awesomeness.
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