which has many people thinking about buying a new computer. One alternative to Windows 11 computers are Chromebooks, a laptop that exclusively runs Google’s Chrome OS operating system.

Acer released its first-ever Chrome OS computer in November of last year. After only two months on the market, the $199 computer now accounts for between 5% and 10% of Acer’s U.S. shipments.

Chrome OS is Google’s upcoming operating system based on the solid foundation of the Chrome web browser and is open source version, Chromium OS. Much has been said about Chrome OS being the OS “of the ...

Chrome OS devices are getting more powerful and capable, allowing for a pretty good (albeit simple) PC experience. If you want to go beyond the basic capabilities of your Chromebook, though ...

There are advantages, Walt Mossberg says, as well as disadvantages. For example, a Chrome OS computer can't do much when it's not connected to the Internet.

How’s it different from Windows 7? The primary difference is that Google Chrome OS is designed to operate entirely off of the Internet. That means you won’t store data or run programs on the computer ...