Google OS vs Windows, a fair fight?

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I’m intrigued, but how do I play Warcraft, Doom, and all the rest of my old-school games that I like to drag out from time to time?

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@steve good question. My guess is games and other software we currently use will become web based.

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Well Google have told us that ChromeOS is netbook only OS. Then it makes sense to only add a browser.

I think it’s a great OS, but only for Google enthusiasts. Those who use Gmail and all other Google services.

It it deadly simple, but yet effective. But again it is like only on a netbook. You can’t use it as a regular OS IMO!

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We may not see Google defeat Microsoft in OS market share but we will see Microsoft make a better OS in the years to come now that Google is breathing down thier neck. The consumers win with competition because it forces innovation.

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countzeero Reply:
March 28th, 2010 at 4:09 am

Microsoft has already built a better OS, I know that this will probably get booed here but I decided against a Mac and for a PC (more power for less money) after trying out Windows 7 beta.

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@djthistle, good point. they have had such a market share, we as consumers have just accepted what they have to offer, vs looking for something that will better suit our needs.

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I’m using mac so I’m just looking from the sideline but making a better version than MS doesn’t seem so hard to me.

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countzeero Reply:
March 28th, 2010 at 4:22 am

As long as you are happy in Apples overpriced and underpowered walled garden that´s all that counts…

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Mathew Ballard Reply:
March 28th, 2010 at 7:31 pm

1) Not underpowered. My, going on two years old, Macbook Pro can easily perform better then 99% of PCs coming out today.

2) While Apple computers do cost a little more, if you buy a PC with the same specs and parts the price difference is very small.

3) What wall? Every app that can run on a PC can run on a Mac if the developers chose to create OS X versions of those apps. Hell, Steam is finally coming to OS X! Everything that you can do on a PC can be done on a Mac, most of the time with better apps. The only thing still weak is gaming, but that is getting better.

4) OS X is still a superior OS compared to Windows 7.

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Comparing Google OS to Windows or OS X isn’t fair at all. Google OS is a totally different thing that most of us will never use in serious capacity.

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divinefusion Reply:
December 13th, 2009 at 9:56 pm

Thank you for your comment Matthew. Are you doubting the power of the Google platform? Or are you just convinced we are stuck in a Microsoft world, even in our future?

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Mathew Ballard Reply:
December 13th, 2009 at 10:18 pm

I see Google OS as nothing more then a bare bones, cloud based, netbook OS. As it currently stands I can never see myself using it because the only thing I can do is surf the internet and check my email. And those are not the only things that I use OS X and Windows for.

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divinefusion Reply:
December 14th, 2009 at 10:06 am

The plan is to have application run via the cloud also, which would allow you to have all your normal user experiences. I”m a mac fan girl, so I don’t see myself switching either, especially since it is notebook based. But then I’ve seen Google emerge to be a giant think tanks, so I’m curious to see what happen

Unbelievable, simply staggering.

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Yeah, Google OS is a Niche OS. Lets say your a business man. Business men use industry standards like Excel, PowerPoint and Word. They do this because all of there distributors, providers and 3rd party consultants use the same standards, makes things easier when everyone is able to agree on the same platform, that’s fine, forget about all of that. You can build a comparable Application that runs on Google Os.

But what about the men behind the scenes, what about the Engineers, the Drafts Men, Contractors, Designers, Developers and everyone else that fuels our economy. How are you going to run your Adobe’s, your Autodesk products, your CAD software.

This to me looks nothing more then a cash grab. If your going to attempt to change the way we look at OS’s. Start at Wall Street and work your way down. The only way Google OS will become anything more than a financial write-off is if you convince the capitalists to remove the soother they call PowerPoint from their mouth. That is the only way I see this product gaining any leverage over MS or Apple.

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I propose not to wait until you get enough cash to buy goods! You can just get the mortgage loans or just small business loan and feel free

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With the Google/Verizon “non-neutral-net” on the horizon, and Google’s deeply-trenched policy of tracking and saving information on everything you do, I for one (along with the gaming community) wouldn’t worry about the MS OS going away anytime soon. Also, my college classes *require* the MS Office suite, since the applications are part of daily business practices. I asked if I could use Open Office last semester, and my professor let me use it for my first 2 chapter’s assignments, but after that she “strongly” suggested that I use the MS Office apps instead, since the Open Office interface was completely different, and it was impossible to do the My IT Lab assignments with it. So, the Google OS will suit those with tablets (and I can see where wireless devices fit with it) but I don’t see it taking a very large chunk of MS’s base.

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