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Even in its current beta state, Chrome OS has definitely been a perfectly adequate travel companion these past three days Cr trackpad aside. As Jason hit on quite a bit in his post, one of the most interesting things about Chrome OS will be how developers support it.

Right now, most Chrome Web Store apps are little more than mildly glorified extensions, or just links to web apps already in existence.

Meanwhile, one of the coolest features of Chrome OS, panels, are barely used. Developers can and should change this quickly.

Another thing that bugs me about the OS currently is that Google seems determined to maintain some of Windows awful aesthetics. More directly: fonts look like shit. Chrome on Mac easily looks much better than Chrome OS does for this very reason.

Hopefully Google will add some polish here as Chrome OS pushes forward. Also, the look and feel of the top toolbar the area to the right of the tabs is pretty poor. Google could and should do a much better job here. Google should just stick to some simple color options and leave out all the BS. But that, of course, is just my opinion. And Chrome OS is worthless without connectivity.

But beyond the paltry MB they give you for free each month, that type of connection can get expensive quickly just to be able to simply use your computer.

Further, many deals will have to be worked out in various different countries for that level of connectivity. So what happens when you boot up your Chrome notebook without a connection? Well, you get an error — a very confusing one. This has happened to me a few times in the past few days. A pain. And something that a lot of users are going to experience again and again.

Of course, the payoff for them looks be huge if they lead this new era of computing. And the risk is fairly minimal. Even if Chrome OS takes a while to take off, Google has more than enough capital to keep the project going for a long time — just like they did with Android at first.

In many ways, smartphones have and will continue to help us with this transition. The assumption of always having a connection to the web is now built into most of our daily lives. Maybe just for playing some games. Computers will eventually be the same way.

Until games are fully online as well — something which the Chrome Web Store is trying to make happen. It obviously needs to be low. Very low. And Google keeps reiterating that they intend Chrome OS to work on other platforms as well. You can imagine desktop machines running Chrome OS might be perfect for schools and libraries. And Google could of course bundle Google Apps with them.

Hell, I could even see them subsidizing Chrome notebook costs to get them available to all students in certain school districts that commit to Google Apps. Actually, a big competitor for the Chrome notebooks may end up being the new MacBook Airs. Both are now trying to redefine just what exactly portable computing is. I have some doubts as to whether that will happen or not initially, but even a mediocre Chrome notebook should put quite a bit of pressure on low-end Windows machines, at the very least.

As I wrote a year ago, it would be the Microsoft squeeze. One reason is that the typing lag was driving me insane. The other is that image insertion — and image management, is still pretty tricky with Chrome OS. Of course, I do cherish the speed of this Air versus the Cr Oh and the trackpad. Cite APA 7 , l. Difference Between Similar Terms and Objects. MLA 8 , lanceben. Name required. Email required. Please note: comment moderation is enabled and may delay your comment.

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