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you're probably used to installing Windows when building or refurbishing a

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PC or maybe a Linux distribution like Kali or Arch if you're more of a power

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user but did you know there's another option that's especially useful if you

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have an older lower spec computer kicking around it's called Chrome OS

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flex and yes it's quite similar to the Chrome OS that comes with Chromebooks

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that you buy off the shelf if things come to that but why exactly would you

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want to put it on a PC you already own in the first place well the reason we

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mentioned older lower spec computers a few seconds ago is because these

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machines can have trouble running modern versions of Windows like 10 or 11. the

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recommended requirements for Chrome OS Flex on the other hand are very basic

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you just need any x64 CPU from 2010 or

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later 4 gigs of RAM 16 gigs of storage and the ability to boot from USB for

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installation that's it and although Google maintains a rather comprehensive

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list of certified systems that it's tested with Chrome OS Flex any non

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certified PC should run it just fine as long as it meets the minimum

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requirements why is that well you can get away with having such low end specs

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because like the regular Chrome OS Flex is a mostly cloud-based operating system

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that runs lightweight web-based apps like Google Docs meaning much of the

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processing is being done on a Google server rather than on your own PC and

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because the interface is very similar to Android most folks will be far more

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comfortable with it than other free operating systems like Ubuntu or Linux

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Mint not to mention it can be a great choice for Less tech savvy users who

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just need a machine to browse the internet and watch videos since you

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can't install random applications that might contain malware speaking of

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security Chrome OS Flex is actually the successor to another operating system

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called cloud ready but unlike cloud ready Chrome OS Flex gets updates at the

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same time as regular Chromebooks so you shouldn't remain vulnerable to newly

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emerging threats however there are some important differences from pre-built

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Chromebooks and other caveats you should be aware of which we'll tell you about

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you're trying to install Chrome OS Flex on anything that has an ARM CPU such as

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the Surface Pro X or an M1 or M2 MacBook

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for some reason you're out of luck since

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it requires a white bread x64 CPU from AMD or Intel another thing to remember

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is that unlike the vanilla Chrome OS there's no native Android app support so

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don't expect it to to be exactly like a variant of your smartphone with a

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physical keyboard even though that's exactly what I want in a smartphone

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there are also other little snags you might run into it has no support for

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Biometrics Optical drives or Thunderbolt ports and Linux apps which a good number

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of folks like to run on their Chromebooks may not work on Chrome OS

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Flex if you're using Hardware that's particularly underpowered but if you're

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cool with these limitations it's good to note that not only is it easy to run on

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a single PC but you can also quickly deploy it to a large number of computers

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over a network if you're doing something like running a business according to

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google a hotel chain in Europe was able to install it on 2000 computers in two

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days making it a heck of a lot cheaper than you know buying 2 000 new PCS or

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buying 2 000 new Windows licenses I don't know about you but I'm really

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not keen on paying 130 bucks just to talk to Cortana during work hours even

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if she is just here to help I'm judging bring back clippy and bring yourself

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