“With Chromebooks, is even more powerful,” says Sundar Pichai, the man who oversees development of the company’s Chrome products as well as its Google Apps online services, “because it just starts working naturally. The idea is to streamline the way we use, update, and secure our laptop and desktop machines, and though it succeeds in some cases, the OS still hasn’t mastered the art of moving files from place to place.īy integrating Chrome OS with Google Drive - the online storage service Google introduced on Tuesday - the company seeks to correct this problem. First released last year on “Chromebook” laptops from Acer and Samsung, this lightweight operating system revolves around a single local application: Google’s Chrome browser. Wired Enterprise’s Cade Metz got the scoop that “Google will tightly integrate its new Google Drive online storage service with an upcoming version of its Chrome OS operating system.”Ĭhrome OS is Google’s effort to move all applications and data onto the web. Wired’s first test-drive of Drive sums up that many will like it, but “those who will prefer Google Drive are those who already prefer Google itself.” The bigger-impact question, coming as Act II of the launch, is: Will Google Drive integrated with Chrome OS usher in the next generation of cloud-based personal computing? Google Drive’s impact on personal computing is bound to be big. Will Google Drive inside Chrome OS usher in an era where the personal cloud reigns supreme over the personal computer? Photo: Karen Ka Ying Wong/Flickr
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