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(this post was reblogged from whiskyvangoghgo)
- In fact, as far as I can tell the “desktop OS” is basically a failure. Outside of computer professionals and “graphic designers,” most people just want to start their web browser. They can barely use the rest of their operating system past that — and they don’t want or need to, either.
- So building computers that are designed to do one thing, run a web browser, incredibly, and do it insanely well, is a great idea.
Whisky Van Gogh Go: why ChromeOS is a great idea
I believe there are millions of users out there that have a personal computer and only use it for doing stuff on the internet. And even if they do something else, using a classic desktop application - like writing the occasional letter in MS Word f.e. - there is already a web application for this. These users don’t need an expensive, full-featured computer with lots of storage and processing power to accomplish their tasks.
