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I absolutely believe that Google’s ChromeOS, with its the-browser-is-the-OS model, represents where we’re headed in computing. Within a relatively short period of time, most users will do the majority of their work and play within the bounds of their browsers. It’s a return to the dumb clients of the past (which have been pegged as “the future of computing” a few times now) but maybe - just maybe - we’re ready for it.
Here’s by biggest problem with ChromeOS and any OS of its type:
Your Internet connection is now a critical point of failure for your OS. Your Internet connection - which your OS vendor has no control over - can kill your computing experience dead. Worse, your Internet provider doesn’t have a vested interest in providing a higher level of service to support this OS model.
Until Google provides fast, reliable, ubiquitous Internet access for users of its operating system, it’s not delivering a complete package and is offloading a key component of its OS to untrustworthy outsiders.
