Comments on: Nine Must-Have Features We Want To See In A Google OS

By: Glenn

Glenn — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 05:22:44 +0000

Stephen agreed.. its bad enough using google search and gmail.. sif let cia sorry google be admin on your own pc lol

By: Stephen

Stephen — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 02:21:20 +0000

The #1 feature that Google must have is the written promise not to resell all your data they are hosting and collecting on you or impose a penalty of $1 million if they disclose it. They are just going to collect this data for their World library. You have to be crazy to trust them with your private and office work files.

By: Victor Rajewski

Victor Rajewski — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 22:43:57 +0000

Run Linux apps? Windows apps? You’re missing the point. This won’t be a computer – it will be an appliance. Google is not interested in a general purpose OS – they’re trying to make the web the operating system, so they won’t be putting a skerrick of effort into making normal linux (or windows) apps run on this. Sure, developers might add these features once the source is released, but I’d bet that google won’t be interested. Besides, windows apps on ARM? Good luck…

By: Luke Pickett

Luke Pickett — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 07:37:55 +0000

Its needs to be able to run the Adobe suite or else its useless to anyone in the design field, if a solution could be found then, I and many other design people would gladly jump at it. Without adobe support I would never have the chance to use it other than for novelty value, much like any other linux system.

By: Modr

Modr — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 02:27:40 +0000

@Sage

Solution already exists for Linux and Mac and its called Crossover Games and you’ll happily be playing at almost native speeds (take a few frames). Just needs support for more games.

By: Sage

Sage — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:35:00 +0000

It needs to be able to game!! DirectX is going to be needed.

I dont care about book times so much. Maybe a dual boot option. One for lite weight.. one for full blown OS.

By: Sharanjit

Sharanjit — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 22:57:01 +0000

Sometimes – and by that I mean very very occasionally – I feel sorry for OS makers, even Microsoft. Everyone wants their OS to be fast and stable, but then they also want another plethora of cool features put on top of that and they still want the OS to be fast and stable. Vista is the classic example of this. MS got carried away with all the Aero features and what-not, and forgot the basic rules of fast and stable. At some point you have to ask where the problem lies – is it really the OS makers?

I think it’s time we wised up as consumers and realised we can’t “have it all”. That there really is an EITHER before Fast and Stable and an OR before feature rich.

I’m really hoping Google go for Fast & Stable, and feature poor.