Comments on: Google Gets Candid — Chrome OS to Have Integrated Media Player

By: Tassilo

Tassilo — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:00:00 +0000

“New consumer-oriented Linux distribution lets you play music, watch videos and photos” – incredible… now that’s what I call revolution.

Sorry, but I don’t know where the excitement is.

By: Kevin C. Tofel

Kevin C. Tofel — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:34:03 +0000

Details covered in the post when I did it: http://jkontherun.com/2009/12/04/what-chromeos-looks-like-as-a-primary-operating-system/

By: WildMonkey

WildMonkey — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:32:21 +0000

I know that you can use VMWare to run Chrome through whatever operating system you boot with. But how do you get it to actually boot Chrome? Where do I get a copy?

By: Kevin C. Tofel

Kevin C. Tofel — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:13:39 +0000

“why would people assume there would be no media playback, even on current browsers i occasionally run into embedded Windows Media stuff.”

Embedded media != media on removable drives. And that’s what people where thinking Chrome OS would be lacking, i.e.: since it’s “just a browser” you wouldn’t be able to play any media on a removable drive or USB stick.

I have Chrome OS on a netbook, so there’s little to gain by putting it on a UMPC at this point, relatively speaking.

By: DucanaiBruxton

DucanaiBruxton — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:52:53 +0000

why would people assume there would be no media playback, even on current browsers i occasionally run into embedded Windows Media stuff.

the more i read that article the more it started sounding less like a browser OS & more like real OS (native access to peripherals). some stuff is necessary but lets hope Google doesnt lose their vision, many companies have failed trying to make thin clients (even Apple, original iPhone).

Kevin, why havent you tried fitting your UMPC with ChromeOS? it seems like a much more natural fit than Android, which just looks awkward on anything bigger than a phone.

By: cobalt

cobalt — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:00:29 +0000

I’m glad to see the details clearing up about Chrome OS. I was bewildered when some believed that Chrome OS would have no off-line functioning. Especially in a netbook — a netbook with no off-line functioning is slightly more useful than a doorstop.