Google Chromium OS

As a lame-ass Vista user, I've been foaming at the mouth for the chance to jump on a new (and reasonably priced) operating system. I've got Windows 7 at work, and while it is much improved from it's crappy predecessor, I'm not going to shell out any more money to Microsoft after I got the shaft on their last OS. So, when I heard that Google was going to be working on an operating system, my ears perked up. I've already switched from Firefox to Chrome simply because it's faster and better laid out for my web surfing style. The thought that Google might bring this simplistic design straight to the software heart of my computer made me jump for joy.

Then I heard that it was an internet/browser based system. Now, don't get me wrong here. This will work GREAT for a whole lot of people. There will be less clutter, less data loss, and less time spent figuring out what to do while your computer boots up. It's an awesome idea and they aren't making any bones about marketing it as is. All of your data is saved on the web. You don't have to worry about getting a hoss of a hard drive to save all your shit and you don't have to worry about a virus that wipes the entire system and destroys your precious Dr. Who fan fiction.

But then there's that whole idea of privacy.

Now, I'm nowhere near a conspiracy nut, but I also don't want all my shit out there for anyone with limited hacking skills having the ability to access. The idea of nothing being secretive anymore has already been played out via Facebook, but at least you know that if you don't save that drunken picture of yourself to your page, it won't be there in the morning. With Chromium, everything is saved in cyberspace and that makes it fair game for cyberspace.

Having said all that, Chromium will be perfect for the exact audience it's trying to pitch to: the casual web browser, AKA old people and the otherwise technologically handicap. Take things any further than that and the idea of security goes right out the window. And that is one of the few things that would be shittier than Vista.

But I'm totally gonna take it for a test drive once it hits the internet. You can't beat a free OS made by some of the best in the biz.