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kilron · 02-03-2010, 05:14 PM

oh i'm not saying its a bad thing that they explore, but what i'm saying is that you have some people thinking that its going to be a huge hit with zero basis of backing it up. chrome and android are so new and have so many bugs to work out. one example: one huge disadvantage android has over the iPhone OS is how it stores apps. the android OS dictates that all apps must be stored on internal memory and NOT on removable flash storage. but what do pretty much all of the android hardware companies do? they package 256 MB of internal memory and then throw in a micro SD card, so you have less than 256 MB of room for apps. not good! but that's just one example.

google is just going about things in odd ways... like why tout the android OS and have such a big deal with the DROID platform on verizon only to come out with your own branded phone the Nexus one just a couple months later? that would probably tick off verizon pretty good, but you'd think they were partners and all.... its just odd....

Linux certainly isn't mainstream and OSX certainly isn't linux. OSX is based on unix just as linux is based on unix, but that doesn't mean that OSX and Linux are the same. quite the contrary. but OSX is a mainstream operating system whereas linux has struggled to do so but has never received enough developer support and has always been too fractured to become mainstream.

i don't know what you meant by 2-5% of the market of new computers though. is that the percentage that are sold with some flavor of linux? probably ubuntu i'm guessing.

ETA: actually i completely forgot what the Chrome OS is all about. its not about apps because it can't run any. its strictly a web browser based operating system where everything is down through web browser windows so its not meant to download and install any apps like Android can do.

so to that i'd say a chrome tablet would be cool and probably a lot cheaper than the iPad, but then again it also will do a lot less as well. i suppose it'll suit some folks just fine and others not so much.... probably as much as any other device out there i suppose.

02-03-2010, 05:14 PM	#14
kilron Connoisseur Posts: 87 Karma: 150 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: iPod touch	oh i'm not saying its a bad thing that they explore, but what i'm saying is that you have some people thinking that its going to be a huge hit with zero basis of backing it up. chrome and android are so new and have so many bugs to work out. one example: one huge disadvantage android has over the iPhone OS is how it stores apps. the android OS dictates that all apps must be stored on internal memory and NOT on removable flash storage. but what do pretty much all of the android hardware companies do? they package 256 MB of internal memory and then throw in a micro SD card, so you have less than 256 MB of room for apps. not good! but that's just one example. google is just going about things in odd ways... like why tout the android OS and have such a big deal with the DROID platform on verizon only to come out with your own branded phone the Nexus one just a couple months later? that would probably tick off verizon pretty good, but you'd think they were partners and all.... its just odd.... Linux certainly isn't mainstream and OSX certainly isn't linux. OSX is based on unix just as linux is based on unix, but that doesn't mean that OSX and Linux are the same. quite the contrary. but OSX is a mainstream operating system whereas linux has struggled to do so but has never received enough developer support and has always been too fractured to become mainstream. i don't know what you meant by 2-5% of the market of new computers though. is that the percentage that are sold with some flavor of linux? probably ubuntu i'm guessing. ETA: actually i completely forgot what the Chrome OS is all about. its not about apps because it can't run any. its strictly a web browser based operating system where everything is down through web browser windows so its not meant to download and install any apps like Android can do. so to that i'd say a chrome tablet would be cool and probably a lot cheaper than the iPad, but then again it also will do a lot less as well. i suppose it'll suit some folks just fine and others not so much.... probably as much as any other device out there i suppose. Last edited by kilron; 02-03-2010 at 05:22 PM.