Tom Brew

So, who else is a little bit excited? Is it sad that I turned on Twitter SMS alerts today just so I could receive news about Google’s latest bombshell?

That’s a yes, then.

Anyway, I thought I’d add my two-penneth to the already Chrome soaked blogosphere.

Ok, so the news is that Google are officially working on Chrome OS. A Google Operating System – I know, good eh? Will this be the first real Cloud OS?

Chrome OS will be jam packed with Google’s web apps and will try and get the user into a browser as quickly as possibly so, you never know, they might click on a couple of conveniently placed Google ads… after all, expect Chrome OS to be free.

I have to say I think this is a good thing. For a while now I’ve been slowly trying to convert my computing experience into a cloud based one. I use my own web server as cloud storage, Meebo Instant messaging, Google Docs, Google Calendar, Gmail and Chrome Applications for various other favourite webapps – all tucked away neatly in my taskbar. Gone are those old-skool icons for MS Office, Outlook etc.

If the Chrome browser is anything to go by, we’re set for a quick booting, secure and solid OS. My only concern is that for the likes of graphic designers/video producers etc. whose bread and butter apps are resource hungry monsters, there aren’t likely to be any web apps which can replace them around any time soon.

I do wonder though, will Chrome OS have to bundle Internet Explorer in the EU? That’ll be irony.

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