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Anyways this looks like a great bootup option for laptops and such. I wouldn't mind having it at all. I wonder if it allows music and video/DVD playback as well.

This would be a good base OS for CarPC's too, now that I think about it.]]>Dec 1st 2008 1:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/01/gos-cloud-instant-on-os-comes-to-gigabyte-touchscreen-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/01/gos-cloud-instant-on-os-comes-to-gigabyte-touchscreen-netbooks/
Furthermore, everything about this OS looks like OSX and if it works as well as it looks like it should, that's a very good thing.

Frankly, I see Microsoft loosing ALOT of their Windows and IE patrons within the next 5 years - unless they bring out some major enhancements because its already obvious, netbook manufacturers and notebook manufacturers (like HP) want to make their own OS's or use something a little newer than XP and a little more hardware friendly than Vista.

On laptops and on phones, the licensed OS makes a huge difference. If this Google OS is touchscreen, it would be really cool on a netbook or a cellphone. And besides, the work has already been done for them. Just "copy/paste" !]]>Dec 1st 2008 2:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/01/gos-cloud-instant-on-os-comes-to-gigabyte-touchscreen-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/01/gos-cloud-instant-on-os-comes-to-gigabyte-touchscreen-netbooks/Dec 1st 2008 2:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/01/gos-cloud-instant-on-os-comes-to-gigabyte-touchscreen-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/01/gos-cloud-instant-on-os-comes-to-gigabyte-touchscreen-netbooks/
gOS is not designed by Google. It is a Linux variant that was most likely designed to make you think along those lines. I believe that one of the designers had previously worked for Apple, so that explains the design similarity to OSX.

Also, it's way more difficult to design an operating environment for a phone than simple "copy/paste". Take a look at all the work that has been done on Android (and other open phone platforms) and you'll see why.]]>Dec 1st 2008 2:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/01/gos-cloud-instant-on-os-comes-to-gigabyte-touchscreen-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/01/gos-cloud-instant-on-os-comes-to-gigabyte-touchscreen-netbooks/Dec 1st 2008 4:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/01/gos-cloud-instant-on-os-comes-to-gigabyte-touchscreen-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/01/gos-cloud-instant-on-os-comes-to-gigabyte-touchscreen-netbooks/Dec 1st 2008 1:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/01/gos-cloud-instant-on-os-comes-to-gigabyte-touchscreen-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/01/gos-cloud-instant-on-os-comes-to-gigabyte-touchscreen-netbooks/
Im still debating about whether to get the M912V, or a Wind. I really would prefer a tablet, so I could comfortably use it for eBooks.

http://www.laptopmag.com/review/laptops/gigabyte-m912v.aspx]]>Dec 1st 2008 7:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/01/gos-cloud-instant-on-os-comes-to-gigabyte-touchscreen-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/01/gos-cloud-instant-on-os-comes-to-gigabyte-touchscreen-netbooks/Dec 1st 2008 1:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/01/gos-cloud-instant-on-os-comes-to-gigabyte-touchscreen-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/01/gos-cloud-instant-on-os-comes-to-gigabyte-touchscreen-netbooks/Dec 1st 2008 1:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/01/gos-cloud-instant-on-os-comes-to-gigabyte-touchscreen-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/01/gos-cloud-instant-on-os-comes-to-gigabyte-touchscreen-netbooks/
Permanently.

You can NEVER get it off.

Ever.

Unless you erase the disk, then you would have 512mb of useless storage space

Permanently.

You can NEVER get it off.

Ever.]]>Dec 1st 2008 2:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/01/gos-cloud-instant-on-os-comes-to-gigabyte-touchscreen-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/01/gos-cloud-instant-on-os-comes-to-gigabyte-touchscreen-netbooks/Dec 1st 2008 3:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/01/gos-cloud-instant-on-os-comes-to-gigabyte-touchscreen-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/01/gos-cloud-instant-on-os-comes-to-gigabyte-touchscreen-netbooks/
they could of at least used fire fox or safari instead of google's chrome beta that like using internet explore (poor experience) to surf the web
]]>Dec 1st 2008 1:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/01/gos-cloud-instant-on-os-comes-to-gigabyte-touchscreen-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/01/gos-cloud-instant-on-os-comes-to-gigabyte-touchscreen-netbooks/Dec 1st 2008 1:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/01/gos-cloud-instant-on-os-comes-to-gigabyte-touchscreen-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/01/gos-cloud-instant-on-os-comes-to-gigabyte-touchscreen-netbooks/Dec 1st 2008 1:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/01/gos-cloud-instant-on-os-comes-to-gigabyte-touchscreen-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/01/gos-cloud-instant-on-os-comes-to-gigabyte-touchscreen-netbooks/Dec 1st 2008 2:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/01/gos-cloud-instant-on-os-comes-to-gigabyte-touchscreen-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/01/gos-cloud-instant-on-os-comes-to-gigabyte-touchscreen-netbooks/http://www.stardock.com/products/objectdock/]]>Dec 1st 2008 2:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/01/gos-cloud-instant-on-os-comes-to-gigabyte-touchscreen-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/01/gos-cloud-instant-on-os-comes-to-gigabyte-touchscreen-netbooks/
http://www.thinkgos.com/gos-space.php

they seem to be actually trying to look just like Apple]]>Dec 1st 2008 2:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/01/gos-cloud-instant-on-os-comes-to-gigabyte-touchscreen-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/01/gos-cloud-instant-on-os-comes-to-gigabyte-touchscreen-netbooks/Dec 1st 2008 2:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/01/gos-cloud-instant-on-os-comes-to-gigabyte-touchscreen-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/01/gos-cloud-instant-on-os-comes-to-gigabyte-touchscreen-netbooks/Dec 1st 2008 2:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/01/gos-cloud-instant-on-os-comes-to-gigabyte-touchscreen-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/01/gos-cloud-instant-on-os-comes-to-gigabyte-touchscreen-netbooks/Dec 1st 2008 2:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/01/gos-cloud-instant-on-os-comes-to-gigabyte-touchscreen-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/01/gos-cloud-instant-on-os-comes-to-gigabyte-touchscreen-netbooks/
With a five-second boot, I could pull out a laptop, boot it up, check the phone number/map/address/meeting info/miscellaneous tidbit of info, shut it back down, and be on my way comfortably in under a minute. I've never done that with my laptop while running a vlite-edited vista install, Fedora, or Ubuntu.]]>Dec 1st 2008 3:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/01/gos-cloud-instant-on-os-comes-to-gigabyte-touchscreen-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/01/gos-cloud-instant-on-os-comes-to-gigabyte-touchscreen-netbooks/Dec 1st 2008 4:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/01/gos-cloud-instant-on-os-comes-to-gigabyte-touchscreen-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/01/gos-cloud-instant-on-os-comes-to-gigabyte-touchscreen-netbooks/
Just saying.]]>Dec 1st 2008 4:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/01/gos-cloud-instant-on-os-comes-to-gigabyte-touchscreen-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/01/gos-cloud-instant-on-os-comes-to-gigabyte-touchscreen-netbooks/
"Show me the Windows installation that boots in 30 seconds INCLUDING all that background crap that makes your computer crawl for the first minute or more, and I'll show you an episode of Everybody Loves Raymond that's actually funny."

Come on over, I'll show you my desktop that boots to Windows XP in 30 seconds. To top it all off, it's even an older system. AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+, 2GB DDR 400 (PC3200), 256MB GeForce 7800 GTX.

Here's a real shocker, but be prepared. If you actually know what a computer does, how to use said computer, and use your operating system correctly you will have no "INCLUDING all that background crap that makes your computer crawl for the first minute or more" issues.

You're probably one of those retards that downloads "Desktop Wallpaper Switcher for Flikr" and WeatherBug and the countless other bullshit you choose to install. All of which have system tray apps that need to load before your desktop is usable. Then you get on the internets and whine about how Windows is so horribly slow, when in fact you are the sole reason Windows is slow.

Please explain to me how I've had my computer for over 4 years now, and every single time I boot it takes the same amount of time, every time. You'll soon realize that roughly 90% of the "my Windoze is slow" complaints are because the user actually put themselves in that position on their own.]]>Dec 1st 2008 4:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/01/gos-cloud-instant-on-os-comes-to-gigabyte-touchscreen-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/01/gos-cloud-instant-on-os-comes-to-gigabyte-touchscreen-netbooks/Dec 1st 2008 9:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/01/gos-cloud-instant-on-os-comes-to-gigabyte-touchscreen-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/01/gos-cloud-instant-on-os-comes-to-gigabyte-touchscreen-netbooks/Dec 1st 2008 10:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/01/gos-cloud-instant-on-os-comes-to-gigabyte-touchscreen-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/01/gos-cloud-instant-on-os-comes-to-gigabyte-touchscreen-netbooks/There's also the other crap that takes a while: wifi activation if you're not hard-wired, update checks for this piece of software and that, which you actually want to stay up-to-date. Not automatic updates mind you, but just notifications that updates are available. Also, advanced networking configuration can slow things down a bit. And god forbid if you have Outlook set to automatically start on boot (thank god I don't). The more software you have on your machine, the slower it seems to be. And I mean software I need, like CAD tools, not .

Then there's my business machine...where I don't have a say in how it's setup, and god knows there's a lot of crap going on there. Enterprise software, multiple server and DB syncs, outlook, insane virus protection software and other crap.
For the ideal computer, a quick boot like this gOS example would be a nice touch. For the average computer, this would be almost live-changing.]]>Dec 2nd 2008 10:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/01/gos-cloud-instant-on-os-comes-to-gigabyte-touchscreen-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/01/gos-cloud-instant-on-os-comes-to-gigabyte-touchscreen-netbooks/Dec 1st 2008 2:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/01/gos-cloud-instant-on-os-comes-to-gigabyte-touchscreen-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/01/gos-cloud-instant-on-os-comes-to-gigabyte-touchscreen-netbooks/Dec 1st 2008 2:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/01/gos-cloud-instant-on-os-comes-to-gigabyte-touchscreen-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/01/gos-cloud-instant-on-os-comes-to-gigabyte-touchscreen-netbooks/Dec 1st 2008 2:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/01/gos-cloud-instant-on-os-comes-to-gigabyte-touchscreen-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/01/gos-cloud-instant-on-os-comes-to-gigabyte-touchscreen-netbooks/Dec 1st 2008 2:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/01/gos-cloud-instant-on-os-comes-to-gigabyte-touchscreen-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/01/gos-cloud-instant-on-os-comes-to-gigabyte-touchscreen-netbooks/Dec 1st 2008 2:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/01/gos-cloud-instant-on-os-comes-to-gigabyte-touchscreen-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/01/gos-cloud-instant-on-os-comes-to-gigabyte-touchscreen-netbooks/Dec 1st 2008 3:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/01/gos-cloud-instant-on-os-comes-to-gigabyte-touchscreen-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/01/gos-cloud-instant-on-os-comes-to-gigabyte-touchscreen-netbooks/Dec 1st 2008 8:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/01/gos-cloud-instant-on-os-comes-to-gigabyte-touchscreen-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/01/gos-cloud-instant-on-os-comes-to-gigabyte-touchscreen-netbooks/
That killed it for me. I was hoping to see it could work on PowerPC architecture. I think this would be perfect for PS3. All most people want from Linux on their PS3 is a better browser. I think this would be perfect for that type of user.

1) It boots in seconds
2) Has an easy boot button that could be modified to reboot the PS3 into the XMB OS.
3) Brings the user a better browser and quick and easy access to apps that wont run on the PS3 browser, Calendar, Reader, etc.]]>Dec 1st 2008 2:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/01/gos-cloud-instant-on-os-comes-to-gigabyte-touchscreen-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/01/gos-cloud-instant-on-os-comes-to-gigabyte-touchscreen-netbooks/
and this whole I don't wanna invest in an open platform hacker attitude is stupid (not that I'm saying you have that I have just run across acouple homebrew dudes that were like that)

want and open cellphone get a G1 or openmoko .... want an open game system wait for a pandora ]]>Dec 1st 2008 3:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/01/gos-cloud-instant-on-os-comes-to-gigabyte-touchscreen-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/01/gos-cloud-instant-on-os-comes-to-gigabyte-touchscreen-netbooks/
Second, I like the fact that THIS is a closed platform. It gives people a quick and easy option. If people want something robust they can install any other flavor of Linux, they have their pick. This would be perfect for those users who just want a better browsing experience, something quick and easy, non-complicated, and not a disk hog. If Sony updated the PS3 so that you could chose the partition size for "Other OS" then this would be perfect. Last I checked you were still forced to partition at least 10GB to the other os.]]>Dec 1st 2008 3:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/01/gos-cloud-instant-on-os-comes-to-gigabyte-touchscreen-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/01/gos-cloud-instant-on-os-comes-to-gigabyte-touchscreen-netbooks/
there is no reason for them to disallow it but they do

closed systems are bad for everyone period as is DRM it is inevitably defeated and merely raises the cost to the developers]]>Dec 1st 2008 3:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/01/gos-cloud-instant-on-os-comes-to-gigabyte-touchscreen-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/01/gos-cloud-instant-on-os-comes-to-gigabyte-touchscreen-netbooks/
I would rather my consoles be locked down than let all the dorks on the internet kill game sales and push developers elsewhere. I hate the morons who get this "im a genius"/entitlement syndrome after they download a bit torrent client. It's like they think since they're smart enough to install a program on Windows, they now have the right to get everything for free.]]>Dec 1st 2008 3:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/01/gos-cloud-instant-on-os-comes-to-gigabyte-touchscreen-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/01/gos-cloud-instant-on-os-comes-to-gigabyte-touchscreen-netbooks/
>_>

Like they'd even know how to format a disk. ]]>Dec 1st 2008 2:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/01/gos-cloud-instant-on-os-comes-to-gigabyte-touchscreen-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/01/gos-cloud-instant-on-os-comes-to-gigabyte-touchscreen-netbooks/Dec 1st 2008 2:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/01/gos-cloud-instant-on-os-comes-to-gigabyte-touchscreen-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/01/gos-cloud-instant-on-os-comes-to-gigabyte-touchscreen-netbooks/Dec 1st 2008 5:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/01/gos-cloud-instant-on-os-comes-to-gigabyte-touchscreen-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/01/gos-cloud-instant-on-os-comes-to-gigabyte-touchscreen-netbooks/
The real question here is when the hell did they start holding a "Netbook World Summit"!? Really? It's a "world" summit? I know these little notebooks have been becoming more popular, but wow, a World summit... Who would have thought???]]>Dec 1st 2008 2:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/01/gos-cloud-instant-on-os-comes-to-gigabyte-touchscreen-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/01/gos-cloud-instant-on-os-comes-to-gigabyte-touchscreen-netbooks/
http://www.elivecd.org/

I believe it could be done since enlightenment can run with very low resources with a minimum of 100mhz (this is actually true since you can find quite a few videos of smart phones running it well) and 64mb ram

http://mobile.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/10/16/2055235]]>Dec 1st 2008 2:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/01/gos-cloud-instant-on-os-comes-to-gigabyte-touchscreen-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/01/gos-cloud-instant-on-os-comes-to-gigabyte-touchscreen-netbooks/Dec 1st 2008 4:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/01/gos-cloud-instant-on-os-comes-to-gigabyte-touchscreen-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/01/gos-cloud-instant-on-os-comes-to-gigabyte-touchscreen-netbooks/Dec 1st 2008 4:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/01/gos-cloud-instant-on-os-comes-to-gigabyte-touchscreen-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/01/gos-cloud-instant-on-os-comes-to-gigabyte-touchscreen-netbooks/
Really? Really? A world summit for netbooks?

Some people have a lot of time on there hands....]]>Dec 1st 2008 3:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/01/gos-cloud-instant-on-os-comes-to-gigabyte-touchscreen-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/01/gos-cloud-instant-on-os-comes-to-gigabyte-touchscreen-netbooks/I love this!]]>Dec 1st 2008 3:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/01/gos-cloud-instant-on-os-comes-to-gigabyte-touchscreen-netbooks/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/01/gos-cloud-instant-on-os-comes-to-gigabyte-touchscreen-netbooks/Dec 1st 2008 3:32PM