Google starts selling Chrome computers: real threat to Microsoft?

Google starts selling Chrome computers: real threat to Microsoft?

Starting June the world’s top search engine Google will be selling its laptop computers on Chrome operating system to challenge Microsoft and Apple in their market. It is the latest of Google’s efforts to show that they are real innovators in the field of computing and hi-tech.

The PCs with the focus on the web are manufactured by Samsung and Acer inc. The operating system developed by Google is essentially a web browser that encourages people to use applications like email and spreadsheets directly on the web, instead of storing software.

Google executives believe that moving day-to-day functions onto the Internet removes the burden of time-consuming tasks associated with traditional PCs, like installing software and updates, backing up files and running antivirus checks. But consumers should not be deceived with wrong impression, because the field of cloud computing is just being under development and both security experts and software makers have not yet defined the threats of cloud computing. Besides, all new technologies bring not only conveniences, but it is usually a substitution of one conveniences for other ones, which you would prefer. Erasing one problem with traditional PC user comes to a bunch of others with Google Chrome.

"The complexity of managing your computer is torturing users," Google cofounder Sergey Brin told reporters. "It's a flawed model fundamentally. Chromebooks are a new model that doesn't put the burden of managing your computer on yourself."

For nearly two years Google has touted Chrome as an alternative to Microsoft Windows, which is used on more than 90 percent of the world's PCs, but faced delays launching laptops designed to use the software.

"Our goal is to focus on the users and bring the best forward. Wherever we can share (technology with Android) we will share," said Sundar Pichai, Senior Vice President of Chrome. "But the final expressions are two different visions."