Cold boot to Login Screen ~10ish secs.. I haven’t used a stop-watch – but you get the idea.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqBsuWelpUP-rdBpsi289LTPjJlRFwNgqDtIFsjQuP36tw85w0U_lvwYwYN9Iw7aKr3OvxoJhYB-MD7ve8otI3gUlcZIfTu6jAWnFz0KEY04Q1DeCI0vIVVWI3PCZrzSWrWqFlNSUnc5c/s320/Login_GC.png)
Imagine this: You are authenticated using your Google ID - Yes, you are reading it right.. So in effect anyone with a Google ID can use a Machine running Google Chrome OS. Security from ground-up means this:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHEuOSOlXNT86V7x_z5R8ElHn42bkJO_OpMsD6Z-T6PSghY4L7D2B28jVXD436D8s7u3zjEk3YHlUwDkbs1ZRkXtvjM3AgtD_7KIDfkUHyTjUxlM40_Xz8jbGF_cp7girqBvxFbhn4kZ4/s320/GC-Menu.png)
You can play with your own version of Google Chrome by downloading the VMDK.. http://gdgt.com/google/chrome-os/download/
If time permits this weekend I am keen to see if I can build a version myself. The above version is a bit unstable especially under VirtualBox..
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqBsuWelpUP-rdBpsi289LTPjJlRFwNgqDtIFsjQuP36tw85w0U_lvwYwYN9Iw7aKr3OvxoJhYB-MD7ve8otI3gUlcZIfTu6jAWnFz0KEY04Q1DeCI0vIVVWI3PCZrzSWrWqFlNSUnc5c/s320/Login_GC.png)
Imagine this: You are authenticated using your Google ID - Yes, you are reading it right.. So in effect anyone with a Google ID can use a Machine running Google Chrome OS. Security from ground-up means this:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHEuOSOlXNT86V7x_z5R8ElHn42bkJO_OpMsD6Z-T6PSghY4L7D2B28jVXD436D8s7u3zjEk3YHlUwDkbs1ZRkXtvjM3AgtD_7KIDfkUHyTjUxlM40_Xz8jbGF_cp7girqBvxFbhn4kZ4/s320/GC-Menu.png)
You can play with your own version of Google Chrome by downloading the VMDK.. http://gdgt.com/google/chrome-os/download/
If time permits this weekend I am keen to see if I can build a version myself. The above version is a bit unstable especially under VirtualBox..