Your old PC or laptop can now be converted to a modern Chromebook, although many conditions apply.
Masterstroke with Android is now a new, free OS gift for older laptops in laptops!
- Google, which ruled the smart phone with free operating system, now offers free OS even for old PCs or laptops.
- This OS is beneficial for a college student or a company that has everything to do with the Internet - Of course, not immediately.
Corona has revolutionized the world in many ways, and the world of technology is no exception. Before Corona, sales of computers and laptops were steadily declining, with people turning to smartphones in full. Following this, working and learning came from home and the prices of computers, especially laptops, went up! In a real sense!
In the last two years, if you have been in the market or onsign shops to buy a laptop, you may have noticed that the price of a laptop has gone up significantly.
Laptop prices have also risen in the eyes of technology companies. With the increasing use of laptops for both office and school purposes, companies in the field have taken to the field with renewed vigor.
So far, the three companies have dominated each other - Microsoft has dominated the computer / laptop market for years, Google has made its mark on smartphones from Android, and Apple has built a relatively small but prominent fan base in both laptops / smartphones.
Google has made its mark on smartphones by moving to Chile separately from Apple. Initially he did not develop his own handset. It not only developed the operating system but also gave it to handset manufacturing companies for free. As a result, sales of Android smartphones reached billions!
Now the same masterstroke Google has hit for laptops. It offers a new operating system for PCs / laptops that can't support our old and new Windows or Mac OS - for free! It is free now and is likely to be free in the future. On the other hand, Microsoft has started offering the benefit of Android apps in laptops with Windows 11 version!
In this context, let's understand the work in a little more detail!
Why is a new operating system important for a laptop?
Do you have an old laptop that doesn't seem to work for you anymore, if you try to sell it there is no taker? And the life that is thrown away does not work
If you bought a laptop before the Corona period, it would look a lot older now. Its specifications may be such that multitasking becomes difficult in today's world. It is a different matter if it is necessary to use Windows operating system and programs that can be installed in the laptop according to the functioning of your office.
Earlier in 'Technoworld' we talked in detail about Chromebook which has Google operating system. This type of laptop works like a new version of Google's Chrome browser.
Chromebooks can be compared to mobiles with big screens and big keypads!
In this laptop, the performance is even better with the specification hardware compared to Windows laptops as the operating system of Chromebook itself is quite light weight.
Chromebooks are becoming increasingly popular among people who work mostly in the cloud and who do not need to use Windows specific programs. During the Corona period, sales of Chromebooks increased significantly due to the need for work from home and learning from home. Chromebooks usually cost less than Windows laptops.
Google has teamed up with different laptop manufacturing companies to offer Chromebooks with Google's operating system in their laptops. But now Google has come up with a new version of the Chrome operating system. This operating system called 'Chrome OS Flex' can be installed on Windows PC and Mac systems and that way we can convert old PC or laptop into Google powered Chromebook!
We can download it to our USB drive, then use it to trial the new operating system on our old PC / Laptop and then install it permanently on the old PC / Laptop if it seems appropriate.
The advantage for us is that this new operating system, like the current Chromebook, is quite lightweight and therefore can run well on PC / old laptops. Google claims that Chrome OSFlex will only need 4 GB of RAM and 16 GB of storage space. If the old computer has an Intel or AMD 5 bit processor then this operating system will run well.
Google now offers this new operating system to everyone, targeting a variety of businesses and schools.
If for some reason the operating system of Windows cannot be updated on the old PC or laptop and the machine has become slow or insecure then this new operating system will be a boon for him. Like the Chromebook, the Chrome OS Flex turns on in a matter of seconds. And over time, that is likely to change. This type of operating system is updated in the background when the internet connection is available.
Keep in mind that the current Chrome OS Flex is still available in beta and you have to be prepared to face some bugs while trying it out. But a stable version of this operating system is likely to be released soon.
How to try a new OS?
A completely stable version of this new operating system is not yet available, so focus on just trying it out without much hope right now. Google explains that this is just the beginning so don't rely on this new OS for all your operations. This new operating system can be installed in all PCs of the company or school after getting stable release, if it is suitable for you!
Get the OS in the pen drive first
To do this, go to the https://ift.tt/PnU86yB page. Here are some details about you, let's move on to the manual to try the new OS. Get this new OS in your 16 GB pen drive as per the details given here.
Try running the OS from a pendrive in an old machine
Connect this pendrive to your old PC or laptop. First, just remember to try the new OS while keeping the device's Windows operating system intact. If you install a new OS in place of the old one then the new one is not stable yet and the old one will be completely erased!
Install the OS only if everything looks OK
Google lists the devices in which the new OS will run 'almost without problems'. You see, it can run on PCs / laptops other than that - but don't rely on this OS in any device. You will be able to install this OS in as many PCs / Laptops as you like after getting stable release.
What are the advantages and what are the limitations?
The idea of an official operating system in all PC laptops of your company or school is good, but this new type of OS will be useful only if your work is internet based.
Good performance
The biggest advantage of this OS is the new time performance in the old device. It's lighter than Windows, but it's primarily for web-based work. After installing Chrome OS Flex in our old laptops, various web apps can be accessed quickly. Chrome OS Flex starts in seconds and does not slow down over time. It only updates the system in the background. So the user does not have to pause his work till the system is updated.
Good security
Google claims that laptops with the new Chrome OS Flex don't even need an antivirus program. The reason is that no executable program can run in this operating system. Therefore, it can be said that it has inbuilt protection against various types of viruses, ransomware and phishing. Clicking on a dangerous site will alert the system and if the laptop is lost or stolen, its data can be erased from a distance like a mobile.
Easy to use
If you have purchased a new laptop with Windows operating system, you will have the experience that we do not have to set up almost any of them. That way, this OS can also be installed on an old PC or laptop in minutes with the help of USB or network.
After logging in with any Google account, the required data is installed in the laptop according to the user's profile and their settings, bookmarks etc. are synced with the cloud.
Many programs will not run
Remember that this OS is not an alternative to Windows OS. No program that can only run on Windows will run on this operating system. Also, if Chromebook runs Android Apps or Google Play Store, this will not happen in devices with this OS.
If all your work files are saved in the cloud and you can run all your work from Google Drive or Microsoft Office's online program, then this OS can work for you.
Android apps started to be found in Windows laptops!
If you have bought a laptop with Windows 10 and you have updated the operating system of the laptop with Windows 11 update available then there is one more good news for you. Last year, when Microsoft launched the 11th version of Windows, it said that now Android apps are also coming in laptops. This has become possible with the latest update to Windows 11.
For this, Microsoft has partnered with the Amazon App Store. This means that we will not be able to download the Android app to the laptop by going to the Google Play Store, but we will be able to download the Android apps that are available in it through the Amazon App Store.
The good news is that we don't have to go to the Amazon Appstore for this, it can be easily done from the Microsoft Store. Currently, about 1000 Android apps can be used in laptops.
To do this, open the Microsoft Store on your Windows 11 PC or Laptop. Click the Library button in the left sidebar and click the Get-Updates button in the upper right corner.
So the update will be installed in the PC and we will have to close and restart the Microsoft Store app. This will be followed by a new section on the Microsoft Store home page called 'Amazon Apps Store Preview'. From there we will be able to download various Android apps to PC. These apps will give almost the same experience in PC as in our Android phone.
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Waituk type problem is also possible in the browser
Do you remember the Vyatuk (Year to Thousand) problem? When we were in the throes of entering the 21st century, experts in the computer world were worried about something different. He feared that computers around the world would not be able to recognize the year 2000. The reason was that in many computer programs the year was represented by only the last two digits instead of four digits. Because of this, the computer could not have known the difference between the year 1900 and the year 2000!
Something similar is happening again. This problem is related to the most used Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox in the world. The Mozilla browser was launched in 2006 and the Google Chrome browser was launched in 2007. Both browsers have become increasingly popular. Both companies are constantly launching new versions of their respective browsers with new updates. Now these two browsers are very close to hitting the century of its updated version.
The developers of these browsers are experiencing the 'Nervous Nineties' of a batsman approaching a century in cricket. The reason is that when the 100th version of these browsers arrives, the number of versions will be three out of two for the first time and many websites are designed to recognize only two-digit browsers.
Chrome browser is expected to hit in March and Firefox in May. Developers of both browsers are working to find a solution to the next problem. However, as happened in the case of Vaituk, this time too there will be some exact solution to this problem as technology has come a long way in just 20 years.
Search chips in Google Drive now, just like Gmail
Not long ago, in the year 2020, we got a new feature called search chips in Gmail. It allows us to search our own mails better and more easily. Now a similar feature is also found in Google Drive.
If you use the drive regularly, you will know that it automatically retrieves the files that we are most likely to work on at the top of the PC and in the Home tab in the mobile app. You may have recently opened a new file or worked on an old file, someone shared a file with you, or others worked on a file you shared. Etc. Files are shown with the help of Artificial Intelligence at the top in PC and in Home tab in Mobile. But other than that if you want to search the files in the drive more accurately then search chips have been added at the very top of the drive. With the help of chips like location, file type, date modified, people, sharing etc. we will be able to search files in different ways. This will definitely make it easier to work with Google Drive. If you do not see such search chips, you may have to wait a bit. But Google is offering this feature to people with all types of accounts.
Smartwatch detects early BMIR symptoms early?
Thyroid problems are on the rise in people all over the world, especially in women, and the serious thing is that most of the patients do not even realize that they have thyroid disease as their symptoms are similar to those of normal problems. You may be wondering why this issue is in 'TechnoWorld'?
The reason is that an Australian nurse recently told a newspaper interview that she was diagnosed with thyroid in December. For many months before that she had been showing symptoms like fatigue and weight gain. But he didn't notice it.
Her treatment also began after she was diagnosed in December, and the nurse began checking her data on her Apple Health app this February. Since the nurse was using an Apple Watch, various information related to her health was collected in the app. Then it dawned on him that he had received various alerts from the app that he should have noticed long ago!
Simply put, the nurse's health was deteriorating, but it did not occur to her. But the Apple Watch caught my eye. If he had seen the alerts in time, his diagnosis would not have been delayed and treatment would have started earlier! Technology is not a substitute for the expertise and experience of a doctor, but it can help in getting their early guidance.
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