> ...and I don't see what Chrome brings to the table that an older Linux PC with Firefox didn't.
Are you serious? You can't see that Chrome OS is faster? Easier? As in: much, much easier? People are very afraid of Linux - they think they won't know how to use it if they try, and this is true some of the time. But everyone will immediately know how to use Chrome OS.
> 1. Wireless networks aren't reliable.
First, they're totally reliable for me. I've not had interruptions in...well, a long long time. It has been months or years since I've wanted wireless connectivity but couldn't have it.
Second, the author claims that Android apps handle this gracefully but Chrome apps don't. That's garbage. First, that problem has nothing to do with the platform. Second, Google is pushing hard to make Chrome OS work well offline. They'll deliver offline Docs, NY Times already has a fully-offline version working, etc.
> "Living in the cloud" will bust your data cap.
Short term problem. Again, this has nothing to do with Chrome OS. You don't think your data caps will get higher and higher as more bandwidth becomes available and consumers demand more and more? I promise you than in 1 year, the same amount of wireless data will cost less than it does today.
> 3. Web technologies suck for many app categories, especially games.
Historically true, but changing rapidly. This author is stuck in the past. In three years, HTML5 support will be old news; it'll be in every browser, fast and much better than it is today.