Is Google PC a Possiblity?

With the meteoric rise of the Google empire, I find myself wondering if the company will introduce a full blown computer in the future. As the launch of Android equip smart phones draws closer, the prospects of the search giant's next big product start stewing in the minds of tech-heads worldwide. Can Google adapt the Android interface to a desktop setting?

I can see a Google PC looking something like this. From the login screen, user sign in with their Google ID, not only unlocking the computer, but also simultainiously signing into Google Web Apps. From that point, users are launched into a familar looking Google Desktop. Since Google owns YouTube, I say adapt Google Videos to be a Google Media Player instead. If they would create fresh programs to compete with the big boys like Adobe Suites, Audacity, Anti-virus and Anti-Spyware programs, they could create a system that would be all proprietarly Google.

What do you think? What are your ideas?

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Permalink Reply by Liam Harvey on September 7, 2008 at 10:32pm: I don't think Google will make a physical computer but I think they will make there own operating system from a Linux dirsto with all the Google apps already installed and I think they will also make now apps to go with this operating system like a media player ect. That is what I think; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Daniel Vining on September 8, 2008 at 4:33pm: That's very interesting, I'll have to try and find out more about that. Nice to see you here Mike. :); ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Liyan on October 10, 2008 at 2:39pm: Honestly... A Google OS! That would just be.... I can't say it. It's just indescribable how much I like Google!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Cananito on October 11, 2008 at 12:10am: That would be sooo cool, but I don't see it anytime soon to be honest :(; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Tazinator on October 11, 2008 at 12:20am: with the direction google is going I wouldn't be surprised if they released it too the public within a couple of years.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by defaultguy on October 11, 2008 at 7:18am: The Google PC isn't a possibility, it's an inevitability. That and~ the browser is the next platform.

I thought Google would release it's own hardware but it seems they are taking the better route and simply producing a browser that can do everything for the time being up till the 4 year 2 month deadline (till Google finishes taking over North America).
After that, Google will most likely go back and develop the free, secure, open source, DRM free Google OS and ship it with Google hardware that will do what you want, how you want it every time.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by iThomasina on August 28, 2009 at 9:13pm: Google OS - So then it would be Google vs Mac vs Windows, eh? (Yes, and Linux.)

Another OS to choose from - good or bad?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Thomas Ward on August 28, 2009 at 9:51pm: While GoogleOS has already been announced as "in development", I think it will be quite some time before we see it in any real competition with the likes of Windows, OSX, or Linux. Chances are high that, instead of writing a new operating system from scratch, GoogleOS will be another form of Android, developed to be more suitable to a desktop environment. As we know, Android is another form of Linux, based on the Red Hat kernel (don't quote me on that; my memory fails me on the kernel). As any "tech saavy" (or person who knows anything about Linux) will tell you, it's always safer to place your money on a trusted name which, in this case, would be distributions like Ubuntu and Red Hat. Not only that, but the slow adoption of cloud computing will hinder GoogleOS's performance, since not too many consumers are ready to base their entire operating system on online applications.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Shota on November 27, 2009 at 8:42pm: I wonder how a Google PC would be profitable for Google. Google has created so many useful tools for us, but their income basically still comes from advertisement, you know.; ▶ Reply to This