[mbreese]

Nor do I see a compelling reason for a business owner to make a switch

How about paying a fraction of a normal PCs cost for hardware and OS that is automatically upgraded every three years. And not having to deal with Windows malware.

In many places, the business apps that people need access to are web-based or available via a virtual machine or Terminal Services. For these people, this is a no-brainer.

[gmazzotti]

Yes, but there you are not talking of a Windows Killer, you are talking about a computer that is very good to some kinds of company with not so sophisticated apps that runs online. Windows is a software that works well for almost all kinds of people and companies, not only for some kind of them.

[mbreese]

Except that some users don't need Windows. There are a lot of people that just don't need a general purpose PC and the associated cost. That's the Windows killer. It isn't that a Chrome OS box is a Windows killer. It's the acknowledgement that not everyone needs Windows. Once that has been established, that is the Windows killer.