Comments on: Browser is OS – Good Idea Or Not? http://www.pcmech.com/article/browser-is-os-good-idea-or-not/ Helping Normal People Get Their Geek On Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:43:08 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Matt http://www.pcmech.com/article/browser-is-os-good-idea-or-not/comment-page-1/#comment-17940 Matt Thu, 11 Dec 2008 22:31:58 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/browser-is-os-good-idea-or-not/#comment-17940 As a tech savvy parent, this is the kind of thing I am looking for. I want to be able to set my kids up with an OS that lets them do nothing but word documents, presentations, and excel-like documents. If it is going to have a browser, I want it to be streamlined and very easy to lock down, much like in a kiosk. My fantasy operating system would be one that powers up into a stripped down browser that logs into a web-based operating system, similar to EyeOS or DesktopTwo. If these web based operating systems incorporated web browsers within themselves, this would be an incredibly secure form of computing. As a tech savvy parent, this is the kind of thing I am looking for. I want to be able to set my kids up with an OS that lets them do nothing but word documents, presentations, and excel-like documents.

If it is going to have a browser, I want it to be streamlined and very easy to lock down, much like in a kiosk. My fantasy operating system would be one that powers up into a stripped down browser that logs into a web-based operating system, similar to EyeOS or DesktopTwo. If these web based operating systems incorporated web browsers within themselves, this would be an incredibly secure form of computing.

]]> By: Justin http://www.pcmech.com/article/browser-is-os-good-idea-or-not/comment-page-1/#comment-17563 Justin Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:01:27 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/browser-is-os-good-idea-or-not/#comment-17563 I agree with your last sentiment there. I can see how cloud computing is coming a long way and seeping into pretty much everything, but I am not all that excited about it. I can understand to a degree things like online document backups, but in my mind, information that I have stored is only truly at my fingertips if I can get at it locally. I know that the Internet isn't likely gonna crash, but if the power goes out (often, around here), I can just run off my backup battery and grab the documents I need from redundant drives and be done with it. Self containment does have its perks. I agree with your last sentiment there. I can see how cloud computing is coming a long way and seeping into pretty much everything, but I am not all that excited about it. I can understand to a degree things like online document backups, but in my mind, information that I have stored is only truly at my fingertips if I can get at it locally. I know that the Internet isn’t likely gonna crash, but if the power goes out (often, around here), I can just run off my backup battery and grab the documents I need from redundant drives and be done with it. Self containment does have its perks.

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