where are offline apps stored, if no data is stored on the hard drive?

[Alex Hoyle]

So if no apps or files are stored on the hard drive, where are offline apps stored?  I already know the answer, on teh hard drive, so are they encrypted or something to secure the data? I have a hard time understanding this thing, part of me likes the idea (maybe for my dad or mom), but this thing just seems a little bricked without an internet connection. I think a netbook running Ubuntu is more powerful and flexible, and still secure.

[Mike Frysinger]

apps and files are stored on the hard drive

each user gets their own encrypted home

please see the design doc for more info:
http://dev.chromium.org/chromium-os/chromiumos-design-docs/protecting-cached-user-data
-mike

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[Trever]

I find most computers are bricked without an Internet connection.  Do mom and dad write kernel code or similar?  What will they be doing without the Internet?

I can't imagine giving the parents a Ubuntu netbook and that really working well for them, but keep your own counsel.  For what it is worth to you, my mom loves the Chromebook I gave her and it keeps Dad from messing things up to the point where no one can use anything (the reason she got one!).

T