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Chrome OS, announced by Google in 2009, promises to be an open source Linux-based operating system that runs on x86 and ARM. It is based on the Chrome browser, and will initially focus on low-power netbooks with the support of higher-end systems comes later. Currently, Google provided more detailed information on Chrome OS, easy, browser-based OS for netbooks. With emphasis on speed, OS Chrome promises almost instant load times around 7 seconds for a user ID on their computers.

The first Chrome OS netbooks will be available in late 2010. It will not be available as a download to run and install. Instead of chrome OS only traffic on a specific hardware manufacturers working with Google. This means that if you want Chrome the operating system you have to buy a device from Chrome the operating system. Google is working with PC manufacturers are not identified for determining the specifications for these computers, it will include larger netbook-style computers with full-size keyboards, large trackpads and large displays. Chrome OS netbooks will not traditional hard drives – which will feature non-volatile flash memory and online storage to store all your data. All applications will be Web means users do not have to install the applications of change management, and even a data backup. All data will be stored in the cloud, and users will not have to worry about antivirus software: Google claims it will monitor code to prevent malicious activity in Chrome OS web apps.

However, Chrome OS is an open source project and according to what Google released the source code. Entrepreneurs went ahead and created a compiled version of the operating system – allowing users to download and run the operating system on their machines working in a virtual machine. This is not exactly the same way that she works in the national team, especially in speed, but is a way to get a taste of what it is. Since then, the version that runs directly from USB Key has also been made available, which should provide a more realistic experience of the native hardware. Although only had time to test in a virtual machine version, but we will update this time we have a working version of USB. Chrome showed that operating system will only be placed in a specially designed hardware, and not available for purchase before Christmas – in 2010.