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Subject: Re: Interest in Google Chrome OS?
From: Nathan Andelin <nandelin@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:46:18 -0800 (PST)
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From: David Gibbs
This thread would probably be more appropriate in the
PCTECH list (http://pctech.l.midrange.com).

I could see the discussion forking and going either way. Microsoft embedded a browser in their operating system, while Google appears to be embedding rudimentary OS functionality in their browser. Should this be an OS discussion? Or a browser discussion? Or a discussion about browser applications?

Google demos are using a netbook that has NO hard drive. All files are stored & downloaded from servers. All applications appear to be either server based, or browser plug-ins. That's quite different than Microsoft's approach to an OS, which appears to always require more and more PC resources, and expense.

Nathan.

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