Top 10 Best and Worst Points about Google Chromium OS
Google Chromium beta version is out now and many have tested it. There are initial reactions emerging from the users. Many people are really excited about it while others see the new OS as move to just offer more apps in the flooded market.
Here are ten best and worst points about Google Chromium OS
Top 10 Best Points about Google Chromium OS
- It can fuel the growth of cheaper hardware and can run on all most all the devices.
- It is probably one of the lightest OSs available in the market. It can be compared with operations systems which fall in real time OS.
- No need to install it, it can run from pen drives.
- It is based upon open source coding platform which means someday its code would be available for developers to make new applications around it.
- Some people reported that Google Chromium OS can be usable just in 5 seconds. If that’s the time to boot, it is probably the fastest OS so far.
- Some security features are included to prevent unauthorized access.
- It has 19 applications for now which can be used for managing work and other activities.
- Single click access to many popular applications.
- If this small OS can have mobile functions, it can be good options for many mobile devices.
- It has market and it would be liked by the people who do not have very complex requirements.
Top 10 Worst Points about Google Chromium OS
- It is not complete OS. It can not run many complex applications.
- It is purely internet based and you require your gmail account to access the applications.
- It is not pure kernel OS, it may require pre-running hardware maintaining OS in the background.
- You can not save data on your hard drive with this OS.
- Limited applications are available.
- It can not provide hosting platform for applications.
- Google Chrome browser is included but there are many issues concerning Java applications which run from browsers. Many sites are not compatible with chrome. So It may give you limited access to many sites.
- No off-line access to applications. It means you have to be online to access the features of this OS.
- It can not replace mainstream operating systems. You would still need operating system on your system.
- There is nothing for hosting industry and if it would have been full operating system, it had potential to replace heavy OSs and provide lighter version.