I installed Microsoft Windows on my Chromebook, then installed Microsoft Office. Well, kind of.
The Chromebook is still running ChromeOS, but installed Dosbox in the “Linux Developer Environment” (I think it’s actually running Linux within some sort of virtual machine), and then installed Microsoft Windows 3.11 within Dosbox, then Microsoft Office 4.2 within Windows. Microsoft Office 4.2 includes Microsoft Word 6.0, which has fabulous word-art tools like this:
Palm Rejection on this Chromebook is poor, and the Chromebook itself struggles with some basic tasks. This isn’t surprising given its 4GB DDR4 RAM, 2.05 GHz ARM processor (with 1MB cache no less) from a Taiwanese company with a history of cheating benchmarks, and eMMC storage. Nevertheless, with low power comes low responsibility – the battery life is fabulous and the touchscreen is serviceable. It is a cheap Chromebook, so expectations should be tempered as appropriate. It’s fine for browsing as long as too many tasks aren’t open at the same time. Game emulation is on a par with the Raspberry Pi 4, it runs Android apps fine, I’ve even got the Raspberry Pi version of Minecraft installed on it. Not great, not terrible.
I had ordered a low-power mini PC from a Chinese company, but they let me down and I’ve since had a refund from them.
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