You can print with Google Cloud Print, accessible via the common printing hot-key combo of Control-P. Google has anticipated the problems that still plague cloud printing, and so it offers instructions on how to do it. Still, most people will probably find the process way too fiddly because what's simple to print off a basic Windows 7 Netbook will take effort to set up properly from a Chromebook.
Cloud Print does now come with access to FedEx stores in the United States, which is a nice improvement for remote printing. Google says that security will not be a big concern in Chrome OS and that it's the most secure operating system ever shipped. There are some toggles via about:flags and the Settings menu that will allow you to restrict content that requires plug-ins.
Cookies, image management, JavaScript, plug-ins, pop-ups, location information, and notifications can be adjusted from the Content Settings button. Google is basing most of its claim of a secure operating system on a new feature in Chrome OS called "verified boot. Performance The following benchmarks are of the original version of the Chrome OS that shipped on the Cr There have been significant improvements since then, and CNET will update the results below as soon as possible.
Benchmarking the first beta of the Chrome OS proved to be a bit tricky. It's hard to measure the impact of various essential programs, such as a productivity suite or media player, on the operating system because they exist largely in the cloud. However, because the operating system is also the browser, we were able to run browser benchmark tests against it and compare them against the same version of Google Chrome, but running on a Windows 7 laptop.
These tests are admittedly not a direct apples-with-apples comparison. Google has not yet released the specifications of the Cr, saying only that it's running an Intel Atom processor. However, they do provide a snapshot of what the Cr with Chrome OS is capable of at this time, and we can expect these numbers to improve as Google continues to upgrade both the Chrome OS and Chrome browser. The two laptops were running nearly identical versions of the Chrome browser.
Tested in December , the Cr was running Chrome v8. By comparison, the version of Chrome OS available in early June is What we can see from these tests is that the hardware will have a massive impact on the performance of both the browser and the operating system. This isn't news, but the fact that the Cr's version of the Chrome browser was so dramatically affected in all three tests tells us that what hardware future computer makers choose to support Chrome OS on will almost definitely change how well the public receives it.
We were also a bit surprised that the full cold-boot and log-on procedure, not counting the time it took to type in the log-on password, averaged to nearly 30 seconds. Some Windows 7 computers have, anecdotally, been found to boot up cold in similar times.
As mentioned earlier, this time had been cut in half by early June Of course, the real time-saving feature of the Chrome OS is the resume from wake, which is practically instantaneous.
As long as the computer isn't shut down, it will wake extremely quickly. Conclusion Although Chrome OS does update regularly, the current iteration is more usable than where the operating system was even six months ago.
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