[reaperducer]

I love your pets vs. cattle analogy. I hope I remember that. But I think this is key:

But for a work machine in an enterprise environment, it's fantastic

You're using it as a thin client, and that's great; it works for you. But outside of a controlled environment, ChromeOS becomes less and less useful, especially as connectivity deteriorates or becomes less predictable.

To continue with your analogy — the pets will find their way home. Once the cattle are off the ranch, they're gone.

[tracker1]

If you have a network connection, https and sound logins, I'm not sure how it's less useful outside the controlled environment?

[tonyarkles]

> especially as connectivity deteriorates or becomes less predictable

That's exactly the situation I have for about half of my computing: if I'm not at my home office, I'm either at a coffee shop, on-site with a client, or at one of my rural properties. In all three cases, who knows what I'm going to have as far as reliable Internet goes? With Windows/OSX/Linux, the majority of things will work with spotty Internet (although that too is sadly becoming less true over time)

[gimboland]

More on where "pets vs cattle" comes from: http://cloudscaling.com/blog/cloud-computing/the-history-of-...