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Everyone's all a-twitter over Google's newly announced operating system, Google Chrome OS. So what is it, and what could it do for you? Here are some answers.

Is that an old Windows system or a current Chrome OS computer? Google's getting ready to blur the lines of desktop computing in some seriously shape-shifting ways.

Either way, the need for a new operating system doesn’t mean you need a whole new computer. There are numerous ways to run other operating systems without going out and buying a new machine.

The forthcoming Chrome OS is technically straightforward, but why Google is doing an OS in the first place is a little less obvious.

But after testing out one of the devices for the past day, I’ve come up with a list of ten things you can (and cannot) do with a Chrome OS computer.