Subj : Re: Windows 11 Upgrade Pr
To   : Mike Dippel
From : Ky Moffet
Date : Thu Sep 11 2025 12:09:00

Mike Dippel wrote:
> On 09 Sep 2025, Ky Moffet said the following...

> > > I have 3 computers that do not qualify for the update from 10 to 11 so
> > > turned them into Chromebooks.  They all work beautifully.  But I also
>  > > desktop that I specifically wanted to upgrade.
>   KM>
>   KM> Did you just install ChromeOS or what?
>   KM>
> 
> Yes.  It seems to install on just about anything, and works very well.

We seem to have entirely different requirements...

I tried it on a middle-aged but decent HP laptop (midrange i5, 8GB RAM). 
It is certified for ChromeOS Flex, which seems to be the one that's 
available.

It runs, I'll give it that. It took over an hour to install, then it did 
a full replacement update even tho I'd just downloaded the current 
version a few hours previous.

Beyond that... unless I only want to do browser things, it is the most 
singularly useless OS I have ever seen. (Worse than the Android 
derivative on my unloved Kindle Fire, which runs better and at least 
mostly works.) It cannot use the Google Play store, which was the entire 
reason I tried it (wanted something with a screen bigger than a postage 
stamp to run the Starlink app). The help for Google Play just goes in 
circles.

Because of that, there is no way to install anything that isn't actually 
a browser extension.

Dark mode is weird, it's actually some sort of Night Light with a black 
background. All of what should be light or white are... orange.

So... yikes, NOT what I need in an OS, not even . But it was good to try 
and find that out!!
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