What do you think ChromeOS will need to succeed?

I need to know your point of view about upcoming OS and hardware in my views:



enough html5 and chrome apps ready and that feel well integrated.



-Low cost laptops / net books (sub $200). If possible ARM smart books too.



-Deals with ISPs (2 for 1 specials, free with plan, etc.)



-Online app for hd gaming



To succeed, Google will need to abandon all previous ideas they had for it, drop the cloud and drop the only-a-web-browser philosophy.What do you think ChromeOS will need to succeed?
A miracle. Linux had diddly for desktop marketshare, even on netbooks. I don't forsee Chrome OS getting any further.

Frog...please tell me that you're trolling. I don't want to believe that anyone can be this dense. Chrome OS is starting from square zero in a low end segment of the market. Windows still has over 90% market share. Linux and Mac OS X have failed to change that. Yep, but this little cheapie netbook OS is going to completely change that!

And "the cloud" is the future...kinda. Anyone who relies solely on the cloud and doesn't keep a local copy of their data is an idiot. It's a convenient supplement to existing tech, not a replacement for it.
I would not recommend keeping everything locally. When Hurrican katrina hit. People lost a lot of data doing that. Cloud computing allows for common people to backup and save there work even though there computer crash or any daster if the price is $50-100 people will buy.

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What do you think ChromeOS will need to succeed?
I think Google already has many of the major components it needs to succeed.

It has the ability to run some Windows programs via Citrix, it has a fast startup time (from standby), and it has a deal with an ISP (if the Verizon deal counts).



I think the question is - what does Google want to do with this? Google labled the Nexus One as a success, although it didn't sell as well as analysts thought it would. I think the Chrome netbooks will succeed in that way.



The question is - are mainstream users ready to switch to a new computer paradigm? Will they get confused with the browser-only interface? Basically - will they be able to adapt?



I definitely agree with the online apps for gaming (I hope they're coming...) and the price. But I highly doubt that Google will abandon the cloud and only-a-web-browser philosophy, because that's what separates them (good or bad) from all of the other netbooks.
you can't trust google, chrome and android steal your data and send it to remote servers 60% of android apps steal your data in the background , google stole billions of megabytes of private data during the streetview fiasco , they make microsoft look like monksWhat do you think ChromeOS will need to succeed?
cloud is the future and google knows it. Chrome OS will succeed and Windows is already extinct