Aside from this article, the Report on Business was a mire of boredom, depression, and some spontaneous outbursts as usual - it would have continued to be a sleepy morning, wherein I sip green tea and watch the clock. However, when I came across the news that Google was tackling a new OS, I felt that I had to write something, if not substantial, then insignificant, to depict my… interest, I suppose that’s what I would call it.

Read here for how Google has announced the development of the Google Chrome OS for Netbooks and possibly later, PCs. Of course, as the Google business model is largely based on advertising, the operating system is likely to be very cheap or even free. Now there’s an idea - the cheapest Vista suite currently markets at about $260 (the $199 Home Basic version doesn’t count as it doesn’t even have the overrated Aero we used to ooh and aah at). At UofT, you can get the system at a much cheaper price through the student discount, but if I recall correctly, it is still an amount that would make you stop and do quality/price comparisons. At least in my world.

Oh, and there is also this photo.

After all the hype about Android (and the unfortunately not so innovative HTC Magic - chic, HTC calls it… - and T-mobile G1), I have some skepticisms about how exceptional a Google OS would be, albeit Google project management declares that OS’s need to be re-thought in an era in which the web is our life. I currently type as I browse in Chrome 2.0. It is my default browser both at home and work, and for good reasons. However, this little description pretty much shouts out all my existing dissatisfactions with Chrome - anorexia. I am hopeful that later versions of Chrome will boast more common browser features, but I do keep in mind that I chose it for the very minimalism it embodies. While I can always open up Firefox (memory dump… yikes) for the occasional rare task, it would be vastly inconvenient to switch OS’s in the middle of your work day. What is the concept of Google Chrome OS? To that I both look forward and remain slightly apprehensive.