Chrome OS: The Cloud's grand opening

Right now, on the computer you are using, millions and millions of lines of code are being executed to facilitate your operating systems operation, interface, services and installed applications; only a fraction of which are being used by your browser.

Right now, on the millions of computers in the world there is a sizable fraction of people who are doing the same. Resulting in perhaps of trillions of wasted computer instructions that render icons no one is clicking, running services few care about.

There are many among us who have bought a computer solely for the purpose of surfing the internet. Google Chrome OS brings these many just that, a simple computer which switches on like a TV, and lets you browse a website as easily as you browse TV channels.

By running just the bare essentials of the OS with a browser on top, your computer is now perhaps the most efficient consumer of internet. Yes, Google Chrome OS is reducing pollution by making computers more efficient. Sounds ridiculous? It probably is!

In all probability Chrome OS is Google's way ushering more people online -- by making the hardware simple and fast to use and cheap -- since those are the people they make most money off of. However, my point here is, Chrome OS is here, now what?

For an average computer user, it is almost protocol to mention creating documents, editing spreadsheets, viewing photos.  That is a stereotypical template for an average computer user, someone who runs the billions of lines of code which make up Windows 7 in all its 3D glory, just to type a few words, punch in numbers and chat with his friends.