Bassem wroteHow to say it?
There's nothing Chrome OS can do that a full OS can't do.
And there's so much a full OS can do that Chrome OS can't do.
That must be why I'm not interested...
Booting in a bunch of seconds?
Extremely low hardware requirements?
Portage to the ARM architecture (which is one of the most widespread embedded architecture)?
Backing up by the web 'ruler' Google?
The stability and security of a linux kernel?
There's a lot you can do on such an OS focused on the browser. Maybe not as a user, but it opens up so many new opportunities for developers. Expect new portable devices to appear in the near future. The way we access Internet and browse it will fundamentally change. For those of us who'd still want an OS by today's term, we will always have alternatives. But the revolution is going to happen, whether we want it or not.
Now sure, I agree with Ayman, until everyone has access to internet, th revolution cannot be complete. I don't know the exact numbers, but I wouldn't be surprised to hear that more than 50% of the world population doesn't have proper access. But let's face it, Chrome OS is not going to be the definite aspect of the revolution. Microsoft is already working on it with its next big project Azure. What Google is really trying to do right now is a communication campaign. It wants to be the first to publicly position itself on the cloud market. This why it is open sourcing the product for example.
Anyway, I just wanted to say, for developers, Chrome OS present a very big opportunity compared to "full OS". Watch out.