The most surprising part of that article: GMail is out of beta! I hadn't even noticed

The one thing they don't address in that article is how challenging it will be for software makers to create Chrome versions of their products. That should be interesting for a "boot instantly" OS.

And Mac users must be pleased by that analyst's assertions that this would be the first contender against Microsoft

I'm one of the biggest Google fanboys you'll come across, but I'm skeptical about the chances for success of this OS. At best, I can see it as a dual-boot on my netbook. I can't truly see it as an OS for my desktop.