CNETAnalysis: New Chrome OS: what you need to know Google has redesigned Chrome OS with a more traditional desktop-style appearance. But why has it done it? And is it any good? Here’s everything you need to know. Chrome OS was originally released last year inside Chromebooks laptops from Samsung and Acer . They were essentially netbooks with a different operating system than Windows. But Chrome OS met with huge criticism – not least from this site – that it was too simplistic (the interface was just Google Chrome the browser with no desktop) and that it didn’t really work when you weren’t connected to the internet. Google simply hadn’t done enough work on making its tools work when offline. This is now set to change though – read on for more. Chrome OS could finally be in a position to challenge more basic versions of Windows.
