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Google Chrome released next week

Published: 15/11/2009

Google Chrome OS is expected to be released in a few days as announced or rumored by Techcrunch and many other sites in the last few days. However as exciting this release is faking to be, the reaction I have is “So What?” – Google Chrome OS will be released on a test version but some people are getting excited or faking it to be excited just because they are seeing their friends being excited.

Some months ago I announced about Google Chrome OS too here. Google promised that the OS will be available as a first version before the end of 2009. So now everyone is expecting the OS to be available in the coming days but apart thatGoogle Chrome OS will be a real revolution in the OS market, what’s more?

For those who are probably dreaming too much then here are some facts that you need to know about Google Chrome Operating System. Google Chrome OS will be a revolution when it comes to cloud based applications. Cloud based, that is most applications will be accessed online via the internet and as such it will not really depend on a too powerful machine to host its own applications.

But how far is the world ready for cloud based applications. For sure the geeks will find it cool but there is also a fact that many part of the world still does not have a decent internet connection to access all those applications. Even Youtube seems not easily usable with some internet connection speed. The users need to first download the video and then watch it.

Google Chrome OS can also further increase the dependency of the Internet for almost anything that can for now be done even without an Internet connection. The OS is not a bad idea but is instead a real evolution of computing but whether it will be accepted easily compared to Windows is another question.Google Chrome OS can be great for the notebook but will it be accepted on your powerful desktop beast at home or the office?

Will people prefer to depend on cloud applications (that is hosted elsewhere) and always have to connect to the internet to use it. Imagine you need to edit a photo and you connect to PhotoGoogle (Fake name) to edit your photo while a Photoshop application on your own PC would have made it in some seconds.

Many people are excited about it but many do not even know why they are excited. It is similar as the Google Wave buzz. Many were so excited to get a Google Wave invitation and finally they do not even use Google Wave to benefit to the max of it. Google Wave is a collaboration tool (an amazing one indeed) but how many of those who were nearly begging for a wave account are now disappointed as they thought Google Wave was Twitter Clone Reloaded?!

Well these doubts about Google Chrome OS are just doubts as Google is yet to answer real questions about it. Maybe we first need to wait and see what it will be about. Personally, I prefer to own my things rather than using things of others, unless it is an absolute need like Gmail or even Google. I will not go and create a search engine just for me or create an email application just for me. But I’ll rather have my Photoshop or even Video Player on my PC than to become 100% dependent on the internet.

Maybe my opinion might not agree with your’s and maybe it will change in some 5 or more years as things in the computing world evolve but for now in 2009 or even 2010, I do not really seeGoogle Chrome OS taking the lead over Windows or even Linux. I may be wrong too and as such would like to know your opinion about this.