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We’ve told you about so many touted iPhone killers in the days gone by. But in a gist it’s a similar strategy adopted with Android. Being on OS for the portability space, Google wants users to be able to log on to the web as much and as quickly as possible and so in turn use the host of Google’s services. In a demonstration of the new Chrome OS at the Google headquarters at Mountain View, California, Pichai mentioned a few things that are worth noting. First, that the operating system is, as expected, a glorified version of the Chrome browser itself. The look and feel are pretty much the same, with just more eye-candy and features in the Chrome OS. Also, the Chrome OS will work only on SSDs said Matthew Papakipos, Engineering Director for Google Chrome OS. That’s right, no hard disks with moving parts will be supported. So if you planned on running this on your computer with a dual-boot system, think again! More importantly, Pichai said that the amount of hardware supported will be selective and Google will support only ‘referenced hardware’. The company will be tying up with hardware manufacturers to offer the new Chrome OS on selected devices – Laptops, tablets, Laptops or anything else. An open-source operating system on a closed line-up of devices? Irony, thy name is Google! One extremely impressive factor of the demonstration was the boot-up time. From a cold boot on what looked like an Asus EEE netbook PC, Chrome OS was at the login screen in seven seconds. Google said it will take only another three seconds to be on the Web and browsing. Quite cool, that… Pichai stressed that the goals of Chrome OS are the same as that of the browser – speed, simplicity and security. The speed is obviously the reason that they are using only SSDs and not HDDs. To make simplicity a strong factor, the Chrome OS will be reliant completely on the cloud with almost no support whatsoever for offline usage. There will be no desktop applications available – none whatsoever! It’s all in the cloud with this one, and aimed primarily at portability with d vices like netbooks
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