Can you give your old PC a new life? In this DEMO episode, we travel to the U.K. to see Google’s ChromeOS Flex in action. ChromeOS Flex is a lightweight, secure, and cloud-first operating system that ...

ChromeOS Flex offers a convenient way to get a modern OS running on an older laptop or desktop computer. In order to reduce the impact of e-waste, Back Market and Google are partnering to improve ...

Earlier this fall, I visited Google's New York City offices for a private press tour of its ChromeOS Flex lab, as well as for a preview of the company's Chrome Summit conference the day before the ...

Sure, you could buy a brand-new Windows 11 machine. But with ongoing tariffs and economic factors driving up hardware prices, a new computer could be a hefty investment. Plus, why spend hundreds or ...

Old laptops are often a pain in the ass: they boot slowly, get hot, and Windows 10 runs like a snail. But that’s no reason to give up. Instead of filling up landfills with electronic waste, you can ...

Does your old laptop run slowly, hold a charge poorly, and annoy you with its terrible Windows OS? There is a solution — Chrome OS Flex. However, not everything is as simple and obvious as it may seem ...

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We live in an age of mass consumption, encouraged to buy new things rather than make old ones last. In the spirit of encouraging repeat customers, many tech companies make devices difficult to repair, ...

Google has partnered with Back Market, known for refurbished electronics, to make it easier to extend the life of aging PCs and Macs via the ChromeOS Flex USB kit. The kit helps users install Google’s ...

The $3 ChromeOS Flex USB kit installs a lightweight OS on old laptops — including ones that ran Windows 10 before Microsoft ...