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TechCrunch's Michael Arrington reports that Google's Chrome operating system may be available for download as early as next week. Google first announced plans for the OS this past summer. If it's anything like Google's Web browser, also called Chrome, expect the OS to be fast and a little buggy.
Google is taking a cloud-based approach in its operating system strategy. With traditional operating systems, the OS works with your computer's processor, memory and hard drive (or other storage medium) to execute commands. But Google is looking to port those tasks from your computer to a network of Web servers.
Instead of saving a document to your hard drive, you'd save it to your Google account. The actual information will exist on a remote server. Instead of storing lots of programs on your computer, you'll access Web applications. It's diabolical!
It also means the computer you use doesn't need to be powerful or have a lot of storage capacity. It just needs to be able to access the Internet. If Google can create a stable, reliable operating system, it could revolutionize the consumer computer market.
Since the operating system won't put heavy demands on your machine, it will load much faster than competing operating systems. It would be the perfect OS to slap onto an underpowered netbook. Hello, cheap computers!
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