Indepth Google's Chrome OS and Samsung's Chromebook Computerworld
New Chromebooks from Samsung and Acer trade the desktop for the cloud. We dive in deep to see how Samsung's system -- and Google's Chrome OS -- stack up. Could you ditch your computer operating system and live entirely in your browser? That's the question Google is asking with its new -centric existence. Every application you need runs on the Web, whether it's a productivity tool like Google Docs or a game like Angry Birds. Your documents, files and email are all stored online in services like Google Docs, Dropbox and Gmail. The PC itself becomes a mere vessel to your virtual life; you could smash it and replace it with a new one and you wouldn't notice a difference. , a test system sent out to a limited group of beta users last year. The hardware on the new commercial Chromebooks has...
