Speed, simplicity and security are the key aspects of Google Chrome OS. We’re designing the OS to be fast and lightweight, to start up and get you onto the web in a few seconds. The user interface is minimal to stay out of your way, and most of the user experience takes place on the web. And as we did for the Google Chrome browser, we are going back to the basics and completely redesigning the underlying security architecture of the OS so that users don’t have to deal with viruses, malware and security updates. It should just work.

Right on. Trey and I always felt that this would happen sooner rather than later, as most people use software that is hosted in the cloud of the internet. Google, Google Apps, Gmail, Google Docs, Google Maps, Zoho, Facebook, etc… more and more software is online rather than offline, and all the user needs is a system with a browser to do their daily business.

This couldn’t come at a better time, with the backlash from Vista’s performance, confusing / labor intensive Linux distro,  and expense of an Apple system. I wish Google the best with this product, because it could really lower the cost of entry barrier for home PCs and internet surfers, and further drive the hot market of Netbooks right now.

Source: Google Blog