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Old 11-22-2009, 05:46 AM   #8
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Underwhelming, isn't it? The only program in the OS is a browser! No other programs may be installed. No user created files may be saved or read from the local memory. The OS is completely dependent on the internet for functionality. Want to play a game? You need to go to a game website. Want to work on a document? You need to use an online office suite and save the document to some remote server when you are done.
It sounds like a return from the grave of Larry Ellison's vision of "thin clients" from a few years back, where his concept was a very simple Java-enabled PC, with all the "computing" being done on a central server.
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