I like that metaphor. In a recent interview Vinay Goel, Google’s Country Head of products in India said that Chrome OS should just be like switching on a tv, and I think he’s right on the money.

We’ve been speculating so much about Chrome OS, but nobody’s really sure what it’ll be able to actually DO once it’s launched. Or how they plan to protect it. Google’s VP of product management, Sundar Pichai, shed some light at the Web 2.0 Summit.

Google’s operating system Chrome isn’t scheduled to be released til 2010, but there are strong rumors on Shanzai.com that some Chinese manufacturers are all set to ship their first Netbooks, running on Chrome OS!

Chrome Version: 4.0.220.1, which was released last Friday, ihas Native Client technology as a built-in feature, giving the browser improved processing power to run Web apps. And play Quake!