Video demo of Google Chrome OS

chrome os's future seems might cloudy.

call me crazy but I've always found google chromes ui very ugly. the tabs, the menu's, it looks terrible... Im looking at the ui all day, I want it to be sleek, functional, and sexy.

I like this concept a lot! The Google OS looks extremely lightweight and efficient. I can't see this replacing current operating systems but I think it will make a great addition.  Can't wait to see what direction Apple chooses to take as cloud computing becomes more popular. I wonder if they're currently looking to integrate some similar solutions into a tablet-based OS...

This is basically an ugly and featureless version of iPhone OS on a laptop.

But I reckon could do brilliantly if marketed well. It's all some people need.  

I actually love how everything goes into the cloud without any effort, any saving, any movement needed at all (which comes right with the google service. No paying for cloud service like apple). And I also like the chess. haha. Another thing is the bootup process... If it is as fast as it claims to be on the video, I am psyched for it for that matter. Also I believe with a fast bootup like that, the OS has to be pretty light-weight, so I also give google that. The downside i see with it is that I dont want my entire computer experience to be nothing but a web-browser interface. I think Windows and Apple both grasp that concept very well. If you were to want instanteous application opening, whynot just make keyboard shortcuts? shift+f opens facebook or shift+y opens youtube. This concept is a lot easier than fumbling with the mouse to click away at 3 things to get to an application. Lastly, I think the view is okay, but it doesn't look business, for fun, or anything really... it looks very generic. I think a little more time in the appearance will undoubtedly make a remarkable difference in style, fashion, and marketing. The google chrome logo looks like a 2 year old's play toy. You need a sleek, semi-sexy looking appearance to make yourself noticed. Chrome lacks this.

Well, No more reason to buy microsoft products now. if you need low end get chrome if you want high end get osx.   windows 7 will be the last successful selling os from microcrash!

My internet was down today from 8am to 2pm. Tell me again how the "cloud" would have helped me then?

GOOGLE! You're missing the most important part! Where's the file manager??? Where do we store stuff? And do they seriously think this isn't going to get to businesses because no business that has any concept of data security would let all of their employees store their personal and business data on multi-national 3rd party servers. I mean are you serious? Unless they are planning on releasing the "cloud" part of it to businesses that can host it themselves. But we don't always have an internet connection. It's basically Safari with a tab for the doc. This has possibilities but it's still way behind.

The only way cloud computing can be successful is if WiFi is available everywhere, or 3G/4G or whatever is super fast.  That may happen some day, but not soon.  The problem, obviously, is that you can't work offline.  Oh, and if your hardware-based CPU has to work overtime to render a Photoshop project, there's no way a cloud-base OS could be better equipped to handle it, as least with today's technology.

If you're fluent in more than one operating system (Windows, Mac, Linux, Solaris, FreeBSD, etc.), then Chrome OS may not be for you.

If you can tell the difference between a heat sink and a processor on a motherboard, then Chrome OS may not be for you.

If you know the difference between a web chatroom and IRC, then Chrome OS may not be for you.

It may, however, be for someone you know.

I have friends, young friends, that still barely get around the Internet, much less a computer.  Never mind my older relatives who can and will learn at a slow, but steady pace.  I believe these young folks will be the early adopters of Chrome OS, spurred on by the expert friends, who will be able to help them remotely with their cloud applications.  These friends also don't typically use a computer without Internet access, and only want a laptop for it's small size, not it's portability.  These are the same people that are likely to use most of their Internet access from their phones - short, limited access needs with simple, specific interfaces.

I think the time that Chrome OS appeals to the regular or expert computer user is later in the lifecycle.  I think it's just the opposite of what most of us expect, where the experts are the early adopters.  I never expected much more from Chrome OS than what was demoed.  I feel like Google is simply building a better use case for the modern desktop/laptop thin client that many have tried to build before (e.g. Sun, Wyse, others)