d33 Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 Christmas is near and you can expect a cool gift from Santa (Google) this time. Google is planning to launch PCs for markets in India and China. According to the report by India’s leading newspaper, Hindustan Times, (Report not available online) Google will be launching the PCs with California based Wyse technology. The PCs won’t have CPU; they will be bundled with Keyboard, Mouse and Monitor. The PC will connect to the hosted system on their server and the remote OS will manage storage and functioning of the PC. This will keep PC away from virus and also provide secure solution for storage of the user data. The PC will run on software created by Google; hardware and other technicalities will be managed by Wyse technology. The PCs will be available for Rs. 9,000 (INR) i.e. approximately $200 Source: TechBulletin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitch00 Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 holy... googles next step to world domination Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemo Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 and GoogleOS begins... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
factoid Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 ummm... :huh: perhaps, could just be a rumor, wont believe it till its on Neowin lol, but it is another step in world domination! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Des429 Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 and GoogleOS begins... theres no hardrive, theres no cpu, and theres no googleos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d33 Posted December 15, 2005 Author Share Posted December 15, 2005 ummm... :huh: perhaps, could just be a rumor, wont believe it till its on Neowin lol, but it is another step in world domination! Actually I just read it in the newspaper and the article is in my hand... Their website does not show today's content online so they will put it tomorrow on their site.. Deep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Live Veteran Posted December 15, 2005 Veteran Share Posted December 15, 2005 Umm, there would have to be some kind of CPU. Are they suggesting it's a thin client system? (like those that use WinCE and run terminal services clients?) That's nothing new really, but just a new way of using them. Could be interesting, in the off chance that it ends up being true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caleo Global Moderator Posted December 15, 2005 Global Moderator Share Posted December 15, 2005 As world domination begins! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sundayx Veteran Posted December 15, 2005 Veteran Share Posted December 15, 2005 remote os. time for remote controlling minds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d33 Posted December 15, 2005 Author Share Posted December 15, 2005 Umm, there would have to be some kind of CPU. Are they suggesting it's a thin client system? (like those that use WinCE and run terminal services clients?) That's nothing new really, but just a new way of using them. Could be interesting, in the off chance that it ends up being true. it's a thin client system... I guess this announcement on Wyse press release will also put some lights on it: http://www.wyse.com/about/news/pr/2005/1102_Software.asp The annoucement doesnt say that they have made application for google but google can definitely use the same thing :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Japlabot Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 The article says that it has no CPU, but Dumb Terminals would be so expensive on the server-side to run. I think that it will have a CPU -- Not an Athlon or a Pentium -- but possibly MIPS CPU with the Firmware/OS stored on Flash Memory/EEPROM, like what is commonly found in Embedded Devices (like Routers) and PDAs. If they do have an embedded MIPS CPU, then the possibility of hacking Linux onto it is there. Would make a good Linux Router or Webserver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shockz Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 theres no hardrive, theres no cpu, and theres no googleos. True... but it connects to googles programs and systems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrett Socling Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 a 'computer' without a cpu is like my ass without a hole. isn't good for much of anything... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coneneo Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 I wonder if you saw a comic, Hambone, in Business Standard some days back. The main character says: "No, I don't want a cheap PC. I just want a expensive PC that does not cost much." IMO, if people do buy it, it will be only on a temporary basis. A computer is seen by many as a status symbol, so they are bound to upgrade to something more mainstream. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Live Veteran Posted December 15, 2005 Veteran Share Posted December 15, 2005 Even a thin client needs a CPU of some kind to run the client software (be it RDP or VNC or whatever). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d33 Posted December 15, 2005 Author Share Posted December 15, 2005 Basiclly there will be CPU but can be like chip like others said...things will be mainly controlled by the remotely hosted OS but the only thing wonders me is..why they decided to launch it in India...here in India net connection is very costly and many people don't even have 256kbps line..so I feel in the start it might not do well... Edit: Or on the other thought..it can be somehting like SSH client which just connects to the server like putty and rest of the things are managed by them... Deep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slimy Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 Cool but I want to see it here not there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zivan56 Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 Cool but I want to see it here not there! Why? Who would need a low cost PC here? There is absolutely no market for it, nor will one be created in the near future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Express Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 India network infrastructure is terrible. No way an OS can run from a central system in India. The best you can achieve is a slow DOS prompt. May be South Korea but certainly not India. This is certainly a joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slimy Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 Why? Who would need a low cost PC here? There is absolutely no market for it, nor will one be created in the near future. I want to see it, didn't say I want it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coneneo Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 India network infrastructure is terrible. No way an OS can run from a central system in India. The best you can achieve is a slow DOS prompt. May be South Korea but certainly not India. This is certainly a joke. I agree, but fully with the DOS part. The main problem is the electricity supply. Just yesterday, the supply was switched off about 4 times in the 4 hours. And that's in a Tier-1 city. I have a UPS supply, its not a big issue, atleast for me. But they'll need a really good hard disk! Oh wait a minute, they don't have a hard disk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trad Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 interesting, only India and China? mitodna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyehac Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 This would be good for noobs, who wouldn't have to worry about corrupting their system with viruses and spyware. But then again, google will need uber security to keep hackers from controlling the computers and whatnot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
null_ Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 What the hell! Did hell freeze over? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berserk87 Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 hmmm....imagine an America run by Google :blink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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