May 17, 2012 By Matt Smith
Google’s launch of was one of 2011’s most disappointing moments. After much hype, several delays and endless speculation about the end of the traditional operating system we received a half-baked solution that lacked functionality and felt slow. Since then, Google has been gradually updating Chrome OS. The user experience has improved significantly. Here are five reasons to go back and give it another go. Better Performance Perhaps the biggest disappointment of Chrome OS was its performance. When I reviewed the Acer Chromebook last year I found that it felt sluggish. Multi-touch scrolling was jerking, multi-tab browsing was slow and pages took too long to render. The experience was no better than that of a typical Windows netbook. Google seems t...
