Leaked Screenshots of Google Chrome OS (google says photoshopped)
2 days after the official announcement, Google Chrome OS screens are leaked. Google claims it to be photoshopped. Read on !
Its all over the Internet, the internet giant has made a statement. Google Chrome OS will be hitting the notebooks in the next half of 2010, but what is it all about ? Will it be worth it ? Frankly no one can answer that as of yet, but since its from “Google” one can have a pretty good idea as to what to expect from them.
The OS was officially announced 2 days back, in this post from Google’s Official blog Introducing the Google Chrome OS, it can be seen that Google is focusing more on the “Web” part, along with the 3 “S’ viz Security, Speed and Simplicity.
But just after 2 days since the announcement, leaked screenshots of Google Chrome OS is already doing rounds all over the internet.
There is no guarantee to authenticate these pictures as real. It was posted by someone who didn`t want to be named. (Following post taken from THE FIRST PICS OF THE CHROME OS BETA FOR DEVS!!! )
Hi there. I work for a company (Sorry to be secretive, but what I am about to post could get me in big trouble) that supplies parts for Acer laptops. Today, a Google Rep visited the Acer team to install and quickly show off some of the features of the Google OS in development.
I was invited by Acer to come and view the demo.
I can say and give only what I know and have.
The OS installation was performed on a Acer Extensa 4620Z laptop to show it can install quickly on laptops from late 2007 to early 2008. The install from Vista to Google Chrome OS Dev Beta was only 10 minutes and was very elegant. Only one restart required.
A wizard asks you for basic info on the first boot up. Google was still in progress of developing the wizard so we just skipped most of this. Google at the moment installed only the Google Talk application. They did this because the Rep said “At the current time, Google has not completed compatibility tests with some laptops and netbooks.”.
This beta was extremely stripped down. However, it was amazingly fast. They did one reboot and it rebooted from Desktop to Desktop in about 25ish seconds.
There is a button on the Chrome Bar (At least that is what the Rep called it.) that is basically the blue center of the chrome logo. This button pulls up a Start Menu clone essentially. The Reboot, Programs, and Main Directory is located here.
The navigation uses two options. “Exploration” or “Browser”. Explanation is much alike the Windows Explorer. The Browser uses search options. In Browser Mode, the Google Chrome Browser comes up and you can search and also use the “Most Visited” features for your files. This part was rough feeling and Google Stressed this Dev Beta is extremely early and has much to work out.
There is a clock on the Chrome Bar. It is very stationary and looks very plain. However, it does work.
The icons are large but can be shrunk and grown to your preference much alike the dock in a Mac. May we also note a new icon for Google Talk. Strange but that is how it is.
Also, a internet wizard is very quick and shows a signal bar beside the clock.
The Chrome Bar also auto hides. It can be brought back up by the Windows key and Space (The Rep Mentioned in Google Chrome OS laptops this key will actually be a fully colored and 3D Chrome Logo in some Netbooks)
The rep also mentioned some of the Linux aspects including the option to have a status bar on the Chrome Bar for Devs.
In addition a search bar can be implemented on the Chrome Bar. Programs appear in a Windows 7 Esque icon fashion.
That is all the time I had with the demo and Rep. Soon after some other Acer employees, affiliates, and the Google Rep went to show some of the capabilities of the OS on a projectior for a more elaborate showing of the features to a larger audience.
However, I was the last to leave the room and the Google Rep seemed to forget his privacy. I happened to have my Mini-Cam with me and took these medium quality shots. I am sorry I couldn’t get better. They were all taken in less than 10 seconds. Adrenaline was rushing like crazy.
I hope you enjoy these.
I am putting my career and notability on the line in this!
After this incident, Google themselves posted a twitter update claiming these pictures/screenshots to be fake. You can view it here http://twitter.com/chrome_os.
Eitherways, frankly you can’t make out anything from this pictures, personally for me the pictures seem to be a chrome logo’d photoshoped wallpaper with Gtalk icon on the top (nothing great about the screens). Its not like the screenshots show some serious working of the OS. Anyways looking forward to Google OS 
Enjoyed the Article ?
But wanna input on few general things, The website design is perfect, the content material is really fantastic : D.
EVER WONDER Where All Those Ads – http://EzAdBlaster.com EVER WONDER Where All Those Ads On BackPage Come From – The Majority Are Our Customers ! EZ-AD-BLASTER Traffic Magnet Free Ad Design Upon Your Approval We Blast Your Ad 24 Hours Non-Stop http://EzAdBlaster.com
Very interesting blog, very fun to read it:)
CRAIGSLIST POSTING SERVICE – http://EzAdBlaster.com CRAIGSLIST POSTING SERVICE – 24/7/365 – Stop Sitting In Front Of Your Computer All Day-No Brainer! BACKPAGE POSTING SERVICE – Our Clients Are Winning, Are You ? – Are Our Clients Your Competition ? http://EzAdBlaster.com
uggforsale485@gmail.com
BACKPAGE EZ-ADS – http://EzAdBlaster.com BACKPAGE & CRAIGSLIST Ad Posting Service – Simple – The More Ads Posted, The More Sales – Simple ! BACKPAGE & CRAIGSLIST Ad Posting Service -Sales Is A Numbers Game -Simple-More Ads Posted=More Sales http://EzAdBlaster.com
uggforsale542@gmail.com
I’ve been surfing online more than 3 hours today, yet I never found any interesting article like yours. It’s pretty worth enough for me. Personally, if all webmasters and bloggers made good content as you did, the web will be much more useful than ever before.
A person necessarily help to make severely articles I might state. That is the first time I frequented your web page and up to now? I amazed with the analysis you made to create this actual publish amazing. Fantastic activity!
I wanted to put you the little bit of observation in order to give many thanks yet again about the superb basics you’ve discussed on this site. It’s quite pretty open-handed with you in giving openly all many individuals could have made available as an electronic book to end up making some profit on their own, primarily seeing that you could possibly have done it in case you desired. These advice likewise worked as the good way to fully grasp that the rest have the same zeal just like my own to see way more in regard to this condition. I think there are thousands of more fun sessions in the future for people who discover your blog post.
I enjoy your function , regards for all of the informative posts .
Hi there! I realize this is sort of off-topic but I had to ask. Does operating a well-established blog like yours require a large amount of work? I am brand new to writing a blog however I do write in my diary daily. I’d like to start a blog so I will be able to share my experience and thoughts online. Please let me know if you have any kind of ideas or tips for new aspiring bloggers. Thankyou!
Nice post!
There is some solid information in this post. I am in love with your blog so far. I’ve added the feed to my Google Reader RSS subscriptions and will give you a mentioning over at my blog. I did have a loading speed problem with how fast this page loaded. Might be an issue to check out.
I have tried using Chrome OS in one of my desktop PC’s, the overall performance is above average to excellent `
Chrome OS would be very competitive on Microsoft operating systems. I
was thinking that one day, Google would launch an Operating system that
would complete with Windows XP or Vista. Google and Microsoft would
compete head to head now that Microsft launched its Bing search engine.
Hey Detoxdiet,
Yes I agree with you, but currently it seems Google is focusing on making Chrome OS more “Internet” savvy than compete head on with Microsoft’s Windows. The latest & upcoming version of Windows i.e Win 7 has really got some very good reviews and it seems has raised the bar to some extent for an OS. Also The official Google Blog says that Chrome OS will be released for the notebooks, so before it hits mainstream desktops etc, it will take time.
uggforsale397@gmail.com
strongzz Unquestionably believe that which you said. Your favorite reason seemed to be on the net the simplest thing to be aware of. I say to you, I definitely get annoyed while people consider worries that they plainly do not know about.
defekte festplatte retten
Interesting post. You have a important opinion on this subject and I’ll be subscribing to your RSS feed and hope you will write again soon on similar subjects. But I was would like to know what your article sources for the post are? Thanks
BACKPAGE ADS POSTING SERVICE – http://EzAdBlaster.com BACKPAGE POSTING SERVICE – 24 Hours A Day / 7 Days A Week / 365 Days A Year – Your Ad Never Stops CRAIGSLIST POSTING SERVICE -24 Hours A Day / 7 Days A Week / 365 Days A Year -Your Ad Never Stops http://EzAdBlaster.com
I just like the helpful information you supply to your articles. I¡¯ll bookmark your blog and test again here regularly. I’m rather certain I¡¯ll learn a lot of new stuff right here! Best of luck for the next!
I love what you guys are usually up too. This kind of clever work and coverage! Keep up the good works guys I’ve included you guys to our blogroll.