Despite recent indications that Google is preparing Chrome OS for tablets, Google says that it is “fully focused on notebooks” for the foreseeable future. Google raised some eyebrows last month when it made changes to Chrome OS’s source code. It added multiple references to touchscreens and tablets, including a new touch-optimized tab page.
The company most threatened by this is obviously Microsoft. The Microsoft corporate dominance starts with Windows. Companies that run Windows run Office, Exchange and Share Point. If a company chooses to run Chrome OS, they might just choose Google Docs and G-Mail.
With that said, Pichai made it clear that Google is laser focused on Chrome OS for the notebook. He noted that Google wants to reach the greatest amount of people possible, and most people use notebooks rather than tablets or desktops. “We are fully focused on notebooks,” Pichai said.
One might argue that the tablet addresses the cloud era – and it does – but tablets are largely display optimized devices. That is they’re great for presentations, for watching movies, playing games, but the lack of keyboard makes it a poor input device. For that we still need to rely on laptops, running Windows that were built for an era of portability and not mobility with an optimized user experience.
Additionally, Google announced a Chromebox, a small, low-power desktop device intended for the business world. Like the Chromebooks, it runs Chrome OS, but comes with a bunch of utilities for system administrators.
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