Daring Fireball: Maybe Instead of Two Cars, You Just Need a Car and a Bicycle

Re:Daring Fireball: Maybe Instead of Two Cars, You Just Need... by ErrantX on Saturday November 21, 2009 @07:09AM (#954469)

I think in your case, your right, Chrome OS doesnt fit.

But eventually there will be Web apps as good as the local programs for doing what you want: BitBucket, for example, could launch an online editor that integrates with them.

Think how much people use the internet, email and chat. I use my netbook almost exclusively for those things - and I dont think I am alone.

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Re:Daring Fireball: Maybe Instead of Two Cars, You Just Need... by iamelgringo on Saturday November 21, 2009 @11:42AM (#954660)

But I can do internet, email and chat using any one of the major OS's out there now. What could a web OS do better than a regular OS + browser now?

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Re:Daring Fireball: Maybe Instead of Two Cars, You Just Need... by sjs on Saturday November 21, 2009 @03:23PM (#954887)

Be more secure. Maintain itself. Cost nothing. Not lose your data when it crashes or is reinstalled. Not require any installations or upgrades for any software you use, ever.

Limits to some of us are freedom to others. It all depends on perspective.

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Re:Daring Fireball: Maybe Instead of Two Cars, You Just Need... by ErrantX on Saturday November 21, 2009 @12:20PM (#954695)

Umm.... no overhead. Slicker integration...

I really do think you are missing the point mainly due to being a power user / hacker. A lot of my friends who are casual computer users a) have netbooks and b) are a perfect target market for this.

Some are already asking me about Chrome OS with interest.

Try to think of it as if your a joe user with little technical knowledge.

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