According to Ft. Lauderdale computer repair experts, Google's Chrome OS has been pictured by many as a Windows rival and as the "last chance" for Linux on a desktop.

However, some say it has a more coherent, straightforward purpose.

As a matter of fact, the consensus among a number of Fort Lauderdale computer repair professionals is that Chrome OS is more browser than desktop operating system.

This is their conclusion because it is optimized to access applications, processes and data that live on servers on the LAN or a wider network.

• The operating system is the browser.
• The browser is the operating system.
• The platform is the web.

In this way, Google sees a world where inexpensive mobile devices offer instant access to Internet-based applications for users on the move, with greater needs to store applications, processes and data on the device not applicable.

But is that really realistic?

In this world, everything is out there, secure, on a central server, one that is accessible across the web. The central server may reside on the company LAN or belong to a web service provider, or even on the user's personal computer at home.

A cheap device that's running Google Chrome may be given away, leased or subsidized by Internet service providers.

Delivered in this way, Chrome has the potential to transform the way in which many people access the web, and has the benefit of being transparent and easy to use.

The idea is certainly widely appealing, but has shortcomings.

Not the least of which? The fact that you may not actually want data out there for personal or business reasons. Your personal desktop gives you control.

You'd also be hard pressed to find someone - even the most seasoned IT veteran - who has enough faith in network security to bet their own data on it.

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• The operating system is the browser.
• The browser is the operating system.
• The platform is the web.

In this way, Google sees a world where inexpensive mobile devices offer instant access to Internet-based applications for users on the move, with greater needs to store applications, processes and data on the device not applicable.

But is that really realistic?

In this world, everything is out there, secure, on a central server, one that is accessible across the web. The central server may reside on the company LAN or belong to a web service provider, or even on the user's personal computer at home.

A cheap device that's running Google Chrome may be given away, leased or subsidized by Internet service providers.

Delivered in this way, Chrome has the potential to transform the way in which many people access the web, and has the benefit of being transparent and easy to use.

The idea is certainly widely appealing, but has shortcomings.

Not the least of which? The fact that you may not actually want data out there for personal or business reasons. Your personal desktop gives you control.

You'd also be hard pressed to find someone - even the most seasoned IT veteran - who has enough faith in network security to bet their own data on it.

Continue reading this article here ...