I watched this demo, just a day after it was released.
and i wonder how much of a market share will it be getting.
Yes. Kundos to the very short 4+ second start up time.
But everything is based around the internet.
From opening excel files from Microsoft online.
My questions from it are.
What if one doesn't have an internet...
wouldn't productivity come to a literal halt?
What if one doesn't have the internet?
Is it feasible?
Yep, one of the main concerns with doing everything online is
what happens when there's no internet connection available. But to
that, let me pose a question here: how often do you use a computer
without an internet connection?
As for the case of an unreliable connection (say, checking
e-mails on-the-go), some of the web apps there, such as Gmail, has
an offline feature which basically saves a cache onto your computer
in case the connection is lost. The app would resume all
functionalities once the computer is reconnected. You can read more
about the Gmail offline feature here:
http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/new-in-labs-offline-gmail.html