Gold.
.......It's strange that no one seems to complain about Apple using iOS on its mobile devices, while using OS X on its computers, or that Microsoft uses Windows 7 on the computer and Windows Phone 7 on mobile devices......
Actually dude. People -do- complain about different OS on desktop Vs phones. People are tired of pointless segregation between computing platforms. Also sick of silly excuses for new -platforms- when all that need be different is the GUI. Computers are smart enough to run the same software on different hardware and fast. It is not 1995. It is 2010, and we are sick of that shit.
Chrome OS is a thin client. What benefit does it have which you can't get from Android or another linux system, hardwired to use remote applications & storage?
* Fast boot: Linux can do that. Or Linux on ARM can standby for days.
* Cloud storage: Any OS can do that. Mount home drive over the network
* Instant resume of applications on another computer if computer is destroyed: Linux or any other system can do that. Its called terminal services, SSH, VNC, NX, Citrix, you name it.
* Low hardware requirements: Pfft, please. We have all seen linux running on next to no resources
* Fast: Says who?
I rest my case. Chrome OS has no real unique value. To be honest, Googles not even the first to try this approach. Look up 'web desktop' on google. There's plenty of sites that give you applications to use from a desktop-like GUI made out of html. Rig to your home page, done. Bam. Chrome OS. Pointless.
If A = B and B = C, then A = C, except where void or prohibited by law. -- Roy Santoro