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**Jelly Bean** · 08-07-2009, 05:43 PM

Google has launched an assault on Microsoft's dominance of personal computers by announcing a new operating system.

A Google Chrome Operating System will be available on netbooks - laptops designed for web browsing - from the second half of 2010.
It will be virus-free and allow quick access to the internet, Google said.

Read more at the following sites:

First released news was found here:

Mashable News

Sky Tech news.

**Plastic Nev** · 08-07-2009, 10:31 PM

That does put things in a different light. I wonder if Google can launch a full OS in time to be competitive with Windows7 when Microsoft launch it later this year?

Cobra · 09-07-2009, 12:01 AM

I hope they succeed because competition is a good thing for customers, but I see a long uphill battle for Gooooooooogle.

Heck, I'm just now getting comfortable with Win 7 RC and have never used Vista. I'm an old dog and don't enjoy learning new tricks.

**Jelly Bean** · 09-07-2009, 06:43 PM

I will try and keep a watch on it and when this is to happen.

Wonder if it will be any good and cheaper than Vista/Windows 7?

Cobra · 12-07-2009, 11:44 AM

From the Sky Tech News story:

"It[sic] likely to be free so it'll be attractive to all hardware manufacturers, so we should see a good range of netbooks running Chrome OS in the second half of 2010," he told Sky News Online."

Free would be a good start, and will likely cause people to overlook some quirks if and where they might exist.

**wellies** · 13-07-2009, 02:55 PM

I'm used to producing files using various computer applications and storing them in folders on the installed OS. Using online applications is OK but what happens when the connection goes down, or the Internet becomes so busy that data slows to a crawl? At least with a full-blown OS installed, there is always something else you can be getting on with. I'm not sure a netbook running Google's OS will ever take the place of a real computer for me.

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Plastic Nev Status: Super Moderator Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Lancashire Posts: 1,461 Operating System: Windows XP - Home Edition PC Experience: Sounds and music man	That does put things in a different light. I wonder if Google can launch a full OS in time to be competitive with Windows7 when Microsoft launch it later this year? __________________ Need help with your computer problems? Then why not join Free PC Help. Register here If Free PC Help has helped you then please consider a donation. Click here We are all members helping other members. Please return here where you may be able to help someone else. After all, no one knows everything and you may have the answer that someone needs. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- God gave us the bad bits to test us. Then gave us beer to help. I installed Windows!! Should I install curtains as well?

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Cobra Status: Free PC Help Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: RoosterPoot, MS (Just South of Tornado Alley) Posts: 81 Operating System: Win XP Pro & Win 7 RC PC Experience: D'OH!! *&^%$#@!	*I hope they succeed because competition is a good thing for customers, but I see a long uphill battle for Gooooooooogle.* *Heck, I'm just now getting comfortable with Win 7 RC and have never used Vista. I'm an old dog and don't enjoy learning new tricks.* __________________ Nothing increases productivity like the last minute....... "...How years ago in days of old When magic filled the air, 'Twas in the darkest depths of Mordor I met a girl so fair, But Gollum, and the Evil One crept up And slipped away with her..."_Ramble On

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Jelly Bean Status: Super Moderator Join Date: May 2009 Location: Swansea Posts: 1,169 Operating System: Windows Vista - Ultimate PC Experience: I Try My Best.	I will try and keep a watch on it and when this is to happen. Wonder if it will be any good and cheaper than Vista/Windows 7? __________________ Rwy'n ceisio fy ngorau......................

12-07-2009, 11:44 AM	#5 (permalink)
Cobra Status: Free PC Help Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: RoosterPoot, MS (Just South of Tornado Alley) Posts: 81 Operating System: Win XP Pro & Win 7 RC PC Experience: D'OH!! *&^%$#@!	*From the Sky Tech News story:* "It[sic] likely to be free so it'll be attractive to all hardware manufacturers, so we should see a good range of netbooks running Chrome OS in the second half of 2010," he told Sky News Online." *Free would be a good start, and will likely cause people to overlook some quirks if and where they might exist.* __________________ Nothing increases productivity like the last minute....... "...How years ago in days of old When magic filled the air, 'Twas in the darkest depths of Mordor I met a girl so fair, But Gollum, and the Evil One crept up And slipped away with her..."_Ramble On

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