why CHROME os may fail?

Will it fail like wave or succeed like chrome?

This is just my opinion about Google’s Chrome OS. There are few reasons which can make chrome OS less impressive. 

Why Chrome OS may fail?

1. Web, Web and web.

Chrome OS is entirely based on web stuff. Though the web has evolved into something unimaginable from what it was few years back, it still has its own problem: The Bandwidth. Not all of us have high-speed broadband connections with unlimited usage. Just think of it : A song weighs 5 MB and you download it every time you want to listen it. Think about Web-designing, Video editing, audio editing etc. Even if there is a web-based solution for these, How effective will it be?

2. Cloud computing.

Chrome OS stores all your data on the cloud (i.e. servers run by Google and other companies). Yes, you can access your data anywhere. However you give them your private stuff, that you would store in your ‘personal’ computer’s hard drive, to them. No, I am not trying to tell that Cloud computing is evil but I am trying to tell that everything cant be stored online. Cloud cannot substitute local storage, it can only complement it.

3. Competition from home.

Chrome OS has a greater enemy: The Android. Android is also developed by Google, is opensource and uses Linux kernel. If you haven’t seen yet, Check the video below.

You will find that it has everything but a pointer. This means that Chrome OS is knocked out from the future. Android is relatively a better “Linux distro” for it is developed from the scratch while Chrome OS is ubuntu based. They tell that Chrome OS is for personal computers, but what is ‘personal computing’ when there is no local storage? Everybody loves better UI and Android has it. Moreover, the name is unique unlike Chrome OS which borrowed its name from Chrome web-browser.

These are the reasons why I don’t find it impressive. Anyway.. I cannot guess about google’s Marketing strategies. 

Why is Chrome OS still a milestone?

It has brought developers towards Linux and the web. Chrome OS caused the revolution that everything is possible with the web. Chrome web-store made web applications available in just a click. It revealed the POWER OF LINUX and opensource. Therefore Chrome OS stands to be a milestone irrespective of its success or failure. Yet Android impresses me.

I will try ANDROID in near future. However I might not try Chrome OS.