Desktop Vendors Not Keen on Using Chrome OS

[MasterMace]

Nobody wants shitty Cloud Computers.

 

[antilycus]

Agreed, linux wonderful for what it is and is everywhere... EXCEPT the desktop PC market. A huge hurtle is DirectX. Microsoft did a wonderful job of locking down the gaming market with dirextX, they're good at business.

Actually the problem are the software makers. If they got their head out of their bums they'd start using OpenGL. The Kronos group has done a fanastic job in the past few years keeping it on top of the curve. It's not Linux's fault that most developers aren't willing to leave Visual Studio.. OPENGL for the win.

 

[jungleboogiemonster]

This will never work because Google offers no support, not even for paying customers. I had a Google account that I couldn't access and there was no official support from Google. The best I could do was to research the issue for hours and post pleas for help where ever I could. After a few months I finally found a solution, but that's just not going to work for consumers or the enterprise. Sorry Google, your stuff just doesn't always work and you can't turn your back to the people who use your products.

 

[feeddagoat]

Pretty much the problem with cloud computing is ISP's being greedy and stupid government laws meaning they've to take responsibility for idiots pirating on their networks. Here your lucky to find an open or unlocked wi-fi hotspot and if you find one that you happen to have "overpaid" credit for, its horrendously slow. the uni wi-fi allowed smart phones to connect and dropped from 400kbps to 40kbps, its practically unusable if the router even allows you to connect! I could use mobile data but since the data i've already paid for isnt allowed to be used for tethering and any extra outside my allowance is insanely expensive its not worth it.
the atrix comes close to solving the tethering problem IMO. if the webdocks where say £100, came with onlive, and LTE was available in the UK I'd currently be raping "3's" data network with offers unlimited data for £3 extra a month or even giff gaff that offers unlimited data and texts for £10 a month with no fair use policy.

 

[feeddagoat]

Oh forgot to add, I've yet to see a chrome book in the UK. Heck, ive yet to see any llano laptops either. PC world did have one A4equiped laptop tho it was an HP. Wouldn't buy it if you paid me to.

 

[shafe88]

[citation][nom]alidan[/nom]i do... most people use a computer for internet access, watching a youtube video, and maybe writing a document. taking out windows would reduce pc cost by what 100$so long as chrome os is a fully featured chrome browser, as in everything it can do in windows it can do in chrome, the vast majority of people can switch to it tomorrow and barely notice a difference. if chrome os took it a step further and incorporated opengl, and google payed to make opengl versions of top games, chrome os may take off faster than a windows because im assuming chrome os is VERY light weight compared to a windows, and opengl wont force a 150-300$ upgrade to your pc ever (aside from graphics cards, but not an os)[/citation]
Why wouldn't people notice a difference, especially when they have a game they want to play or expensive software they need like auto cad or adobe photo shop. I know there are open source alternatives but whose going to take the time to learn those programs.

 

[alidan]

[citation][nom]shafe88[/nom]Why wouldn't people notice a difference, especially when they have a game they want to play or expensive software they need like auto cad or adobe photo shop. I know there are open source alternatives but whose going to take the time to learn those programs.[/citation]

and the average person who uses the computer uses photoshop? cad? or even plays a game that isnt web based

 

[twelch82]

I think we are a long way away from relying on the internet for cloud computing. Private home & business clouds on the other hand I think are not only feasible but likely.