Google Chrome Operating System Preview and Screenshot
Google’s Chrome OS project, first announced in July, will become available for download within a week, as said by Google.
What’s Google Chrome:
Google Chrome OS is an open source, lightweight operating system. However the operating system will initially be targeted at netbooks. Later this year, Google is planning to open-source its code. Its a boon for the developers to work on it. Netbooks running Google Chrome OS will be available for consumers in the second quarter of 2010.
Google Chrome OS is reportedly being created for people who spend most of their time on the web surfing and browsing. Also Google said in their blog that Chrome OS is being designed to power computers ranging from small netbooks to full-size desktop systems.
Expectations Overwhelmed:
With over 4 months of development of Google Chrome OS, it is set to release the coming week. And as always like any other Google product, the Chrome OS will be available for free download. There have been a number of screenshots resembling as Google Chrome OS. But officially or by leaking of images there has never been a screenshot of the Chrome OS on the web. Google has always created a lot of hype for its products be it the Google Wave or Google Voice or the New Orkut. But this time around it is entirely a different story so far. May be the hype would start from now on as the Official Statement of release of Google Chrome OS has come.
Situation At Present:
Driver support will more or less be a weak point. Drivers and Applications is extremely important to the success of Chrome OS but it remains a question mark. People will be eager to download this OS as soon as it is released, probably the coming week anyway.
Google has already said they are working with Acer, Adobe, ASUS, Freescale, Hewlett-Packard, Lenovo, Qualcomm, Texas Instruments, and Toshiba on this Google Chrome OS project.
Compatibility:
However the compatibility is still a question. There have been many reports and speculations that you need to have compatible devices for the OS to work. So it is not assured that you can install Google Chrome OS on your computer or laptop on the day of release due to compatibility issues.
Google Chrome OS is designed to run on both x86 as well as ARM chips. The software architecture is simple as Google says that Google Chrome running within a new window system on top of a Linux Kernel. For application developers, the web is the platform. All web-based applications will automatically work and new applications can be written using their own favorite web technologies. Also adding to these, the apps will not only run on Google Chrome OS but on any OS like Windows, Mac, Linux and more.
Here is another speculated Google Chrome screenshot. There are completely many variations in the two screenshots proving that the actual Google Chrome OS screenshot is yet to be released. Watch out for Google Chrome OS in the coming week and Stay Subscribed to our blog to get the release updates.
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