Hi, this is Wayne again with a topic “How to turn your old PC into a speedy Chromebook for free”.
Like me, you probably have an old laptop gathering dust somewhere or a PC, so slow and loud you’re afraid to turn it on today. We’Re going to show you a few simple steps for breathing new life into that machine, turning it into a Chromebook for free, I’m gon na be using software from a New York City, startup called Neverwhere. It’S helping schools turn their old, outdated hardware into Chromebooks. Step 1 check to make sure your machine is among the several thousand units that are compatible with never wears collaborative system. Step 2 get an 8 or 16 gigabyte.
Usb thumb drive and download the cloud ready software from never wears web site onto your USB. Stick step. 3, plug that USB stick into your computer turn it on you’ll need to hold down a couple keys to have the device boot into the thumb drive. It varies by device.
You can check never wears website for details. Step 4 install the cloud writing software onto your old device. This will wipe out your old operating system and everything on your hard drive. If you prefer, you can choose the dual boot option that allows you to pick between cloud ready and your old operating system.
Every time you power on it also preserves whatever was stored in your computer. There are a few restrictions, so check Neverwhere site to ensure your device is compatible. Step 5 install flash it’s optional, but a good idea.
Then login with your Google credentials and you’re ready to go step 6. You’Ve now got a brand new Chrome device. What next you can head on over to the Chrome Web Store and download some applications, Spotify Netflix, even a virtual reality, viewer step 7. If you want to get really fancy, you can actually boot into cloud ready right from the USB stick without installing anything on your old machine, so you can plug this into a compatible machine wherever you are, it’s like carrying the world’s smallest Chromebook around in your pocket. It’S pretty fun to bring an old machine out of retirement and in our experience you can get great performance, running Chrome on an old machine.
That’S one of the really delightful ironies of the cloud computing age. You have more Hardware packed into a five to ten year old machine than you do with a brand new Chromebook just coming to market mm-. .