Chrome OS in VMWare

Not sure if anybody has tried out the new release of Chrome OS yet, but there's a VMWare image of it already, so feel free to give it a poke if you want. Link here. I'm still downloading it now, but I think a cloud/thin client OS like this could be extremely useful in the right situations. I'm already in the process of converting all of my documents to work with Google Docs just because of the unreliable nature of magnetic storage. I keep a local copy as well, just in case, but for most casual computer users, such as my mother and grandparents, Chrome OS could be the perfect solution. Also wouldn't be bad to take a netbook running Chrome OS to the park or coffee shop on a nice afternoon, either.

I'll let you know what I think of this current release after I get it downloaded and running.

Update: Ok, so I got it running, but... had some issues. The download I linked to above comes with just the .vmdk file, which is ok, but a pain in the butt to get working correctly in VMWare Player 3, which is all I have installed. I'd explain the steps to get it working, but there's another issue.

After logging in (with a throwaway account) I'm getting warnings that the security certificate for the far end of things has been revoked, and it won't let you proceed otherwise. Something funky happens (technical term), and suddenly you're back at the login prompt. So... it's now been almost 24 hours since the release and there are other appliance downloads out there other than this first one, so I'm going to give some of them a shot to see if it was just a problem with this one particular download. We'll see.