Can I change a Windows 10 OS to Chromebook

[Android Central Question]

I have a Toshiba laptop with Windows 10 installed. I would prefer to change to Chromebook.

 

[B. Diddy]

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[me just saying]

I have a Toshiba laptop with Windows 10 installed. I would prefer to change to Chromebook.

as far as I know, you cannot install chrome os on win10 computers. However, there is an open source version that is called chromium os.that is almost the same. If you decided to give it a try, I would suggest putting it on a disk or usb drive and run it from there without installing. this way you will not kill your win10 install until you know if it works on your system or not.

https://www.chromium.org/chromium-os

 

[B. Diddy]

as far as I know, you cannot install chrome os on win10 computers.

CloudReady essentially turns a Windows computer into a Chromebook, and in most cases it works well. Updates aren't quite as frequent as on official Chromebooks, but the people at Neverware do update it regularly. The main caveat is that certain CPUs might not be fully compatible -- I found that out the hard way several years ago when I tried converting an old Acer laptop with an AMD CPU. It looked like Chrome OS, but with lots of giant black triangles on the screen. Turns out that AMD CPU wasn't supported, so the laptop was essentially bricked.

It used to be possible to install CloudReady as a dual boot option on Windows machines, but they phased that out: https://neverware.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/community/topics/200542528-Dual-Booting-CloudReady

 

[me just saying]

CloudReady essentially turns a Windows computer into a Chromebook, and in most cases it works well. Updates aren't quite as frequent as on official Chromebooks, but the people at Neverware do update it regularly. The main caveat is that certain CPUs might not be fully compatible -- I found that out the hard way several years ago when I tried converting an old Acer laptop with an AMD CPU. It looked like Chrome OS, but with lots of giant black triangles on the screen. Turns out that AMD CPU wasn't supported, so the laptop was essentially bricked.

It used to be possible to install CloudReady as a dual boot option on Windows machines, but they phased that out: https://neverware.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/community/topics/200542528-Dual-Booting-CloudReady

there will be issues with any chrome os fork, whether it be cloudready, flint or chromium. they will not support everything. I think if the op wanted to get away from windows, then they should shoot for linux instead. if they are wanting to run android apps that will be another story.

 

[Rukbat]

It used to be possible to install CloudReady as a dual boot option on Windows machines, but they phased that out

You could probably install it on a VM.