Five reasons why Google’s new Chromebook isn’t a Windows-killer | ZDNet
Great write up by Ed Bott on the upcoming “Windows killer”. My take; I agree that cloud services are the future and most line of business applications are currently, or soon will be, run through a browser. Compute devices should obviously be locked down and used as appliances. The storage of data in the cloud by default is a dream come true from a collaboration and security standpoint. Microsoft calls this same idea their Windows Thin PC strategy. The idea is the same; a locked down machine with a thin OS that accesses applications through a web browser or terminal connection such as TS or Citrix. Offline access is a problem, as is access to legacy applications that have to run locally. It will be very interesting to see how this technology evolves over the next few years.
Five reasons why Google’s new Chromebook isn’t a Windows-killer | ZDNet
