Me too. Windows 7 has been so smooth and so welcoming. I never really got over windows XP until this came out. Windows Vista didnt really work out for me. I dont know why but I didnt find it compelling.
Microsoft hasn't been really out of the game. True, they've seen better days but it is not like they have not given a fight. They must have gathered a certain amount of information about what consumers really want and they know very clearly what they are up against.
I've been playing with a chromebook lately.. and it does a lot of things nicely. But it also doesn't do some things AT ALL. I can't imagine a technical company would want to deploy limited-capability laptops to its employees (ahem, I've heard that Google's own campus doesn't have too many Chromebook-using employees).. but there might be some small business that isn't every technical that could handle using chromebooks simply to reduce their IT overhead costs. The real advantage of ChromeOS is that it doesn't require much maintenance -- there are no blue screens of death (supposedly) nor any viruses/malware to remove. But then again, it also can't run arbitrary software that anyone with a Wintel PC can run. Skype? nope. Sliverlight? nope. Photoshop? nope. the list is literally endless....
Not easily. I know that this is supposed to be a joke, but there are some very technically talented people that have been able to install OS X and Ubuntu on Chrome OS devices. I'm sure Windows can be done as well, it's probably been done already.
I agree with Alison. Chromebooks may be the future, but many companies are still using programs that still run locally on PCs. That's going to be completely incompatible with a Chrome OS device. I can see where Google is trying to take the platform, but it is only going to be useful for a certain subset of organzations. Nonprofits and educational institutions might be big benefactors for sure. Just don't try to convince an enterprise CIO that Chromebooks will work.
I think you need to scrutinize how employees are using their computers. It's easy in my case because I'm only considering how one person will use the device: My husband primarily used his desktop to go online. He has to do some cloud-based forms for business reporting. If by any chance he needs to use an unsupported software, he can use my personal desktop or one of our other traditional laptops--several HPs, two Dells, and a Mac. Of course, corporate IT has a bigger problem, since they must figure out the needs of entire departments. Yet something like a Chromebook could enable enterprises to increase security by preventing users from downloading unwanted apps, I'd imagine. Chromebooks certainly reduce storage costs and management issues.
Developing cloud based applications to match traditional systems is what customers would want to see.
Customers want to use the same apps they used on traditional system on Chrome book. Google needs to work on this aspect at a faster pace which will intern assist to increase sales of Chrome book.
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