Google chrome: 7 seconds functionality

New Google chrome OS will start up a computer as fast as a television can be turned on. Just within 7 seconds. It has been designed for PCs that do their work on the Web. It will initially be available by the holiday season of 2010 on low-cost netbooks that meet Google's hardware specifications, such as using only memory chips to store data instead of slower hard drives, the current standard. Netbooks running Chrome OS will only be able to run Web applications and the user's data will automatically be stored on the Web in the so-called cloud of Internet servers. It also increases the search rate of Google search engine. Chrome OS netbooks will be able to provide some functions when offline, but that the product was primarily designed to be connected to the Internet. It is an open source, lightweight operating system that will initially be targeted at netbooks. Later, it will be working with the open source community, we wanted to share our vision now so everyone understands what we are trying to achieve.

Speed, simplicity and security are the key aspects of Google Chrome OS.One can go from turning on the computer to surfing the web in a few seconds. The obsession with speed goes all the way down to the metal. Reference hardware components to create the fastest experience for Google Chrome OS are being specified. The Chrome OS resembles a Web browser more than it does a traditional computer operating system like Microsoft Windows, matching Google's ambition to drive people to the Web, where they can see Google ads. With Chrome, Google is seeking to challenge the dominance of Microsoft's Windows, which runs on nine out of 10 personal computers. All data in Chrome will automatically be housed in the so-called cloud, or on external servers and also cached on the computer's internal hardware to boost performance. The Chrome applications, used for such everyday tasks such as word processing and email, will be Web-based.