There is a lot of noise at the moment in the blogosphere, Twitter and even into that printed matter, the newspaper, talking about how google’s new operating system could shake up the market and become the operating system of choice for people on the move and for those where the Internet is their primary use of their computer.

Some of the major benefits appear to be its ability to use the ‘cloud’ to ensure portability, flexibility and deliver an endless number of applications that run over the internet. For example, if you manage to lose your netbook down the side of a sofa, you could pop into you local high street google shop (admit it it’s going to happen), and login to the machine and as if by magic all your files, photos and music will be available as if you never lost the orignal. Truly a leap forward. This does however mean that you will be pushing and pulling a high Level of data over the ether to a remote data centre(s).

This means that unless you are hooked up to your favourite wireless network (large latte in hand) you are at the mercy of mobile broadband and 3G services and will be experiencing the joy of dropped connections and slow speeds. Which may just be a little on the frustrating side.

In the UK at least, it is my experience that we don’t yet have a level of service that offers us uninterupted access to that cloud that chrome is to use as it’s backbone to sucess.

If the train journey I am currently on from rural Norfolk into London is anything to go by, I have enough trouble maintaining a signal to send an SMS message, let alone a data connection for long enough to write and post this little article. Yes it may well be my provider and yes it may well be that Norfolk is a beautifully crafted technological backwater (not actually in reality-but I’m going to get some comments to the contrary anyway) but in order for google to get any traction then it’s the mobile networks that may be it’s downfall or savior.

I for one very rarely able to seperate myself from my iPhone, MacBook or PC and so this OS may well be another great additon to my arsenal to being able to work on the move, but I may even be tempted to defect back to a network cable if the dream of a truly remote lifestyle doesn’t quite live up to the reality.

Interesting times ahead. What are your experiences and do you agree? Leave a comment or drop me a note.