Features of Cloud OS

Lightweight

When your operating system is based on the browser, there’s not much you need on top of it. This is, perhaps, the central point of confusion about Chrome OS. Rather than design and build an entirely new OS to combat Microsoft or Apple, Google went a different route. With the world increasingly moving towards being online almost constantly, Chrome OS makes a lot of sense for many due to it being straightforward and effective for what they want to do.

 

Secure

Chrome, be it browser or operating system, is about as secure as you’ll find. A recent hackathon aimed at Chrome OS garnered no viable security breaches, which is rare. Chrome is sandboxed; meaning each tab in the browser operates as a separate function. If one tab is compromised, the nefarious bug is relegated to that tab, and is halted immediately. The likelihood of any virus infecting a computer or network is unlikely, at best.

 

Cloud Based

Cloud OS is web based. To make good use of this OS, we should understand that cloud based is not cloud reliant. There is local storage on a Chromebook, so you’re able to avoid the cloud if you like. If you need more storage, an external hard drive works well. The operating system makes good use of cloud based services and storage to make your information available anywhere, on any device, but it’s not mandatory.

Sometimes, referencing a document doesn’t need a big computer screen… a phone or tablet will do just fine. This is the purpose of cloud storage, to have our stuff available anywhere we go, and is something all of us should be comfortable with by now. Google Drive storage is secure, and accessing it on your Android device is really simple.