After reflection, I think we geeks should get fully behind Google OS. Not for us, of course, but for everyone else. \u00a0All those people that need our help just to keep a Windows-based computer running could benefit from a much simpler computing experience. \u00a0More to the point, our time would be dramatically saved if all the non-geeks used a cloud-based, automatically backup up, never-lose data, no viruses, no complexity, always connected device.<\/p>\n
So it’s down to us. \u00a0If we can pour the passion that we usually reserve for OS arguments into comvincing non-geeks why everything *they* need can be done online, and that old-fashioned computers were always rubbish at games anyway, maybe, just maybe, we can see our way forward to a windows-free world, where we save so much time NOT fixing our friends and relations computers, that we actually have time to work on cool technologies at home.<\/p>\n
After all, we geeks can still use our computers when they are not online. \u00a0Can you?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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