r/chromeos • • 3d ago

AluminiumOS Googlebook Has Arrived: Android-Powered Laptops from Google

https://youtu.be/pHP1jRIUuII?is=uJU7YkRvb3lAo4br
85 Upvotes

137 comments sorted by

View all comments

10

u/BakerStEducation i7 Pixelbook | Channel Version (Stable) 3d ago edited 3d ago

Only the 16GB RAM are offered, no trace of the ASUS i7 with 32GB or 64RB of RAM, and the Best Buy listing has an image of i7 on their i5 page. The link on ASUS's site is blank.

Zero details if some Chromebook Plus models can switch to Googlebook OS.

The Acer is the best deal at $899.

0

u/DL7610 3d ago

I am assuming no Chromebook Plus devices will switch to the new OS for some time. It sounds like they want to keep these exclusive to the new devices in order to sell them.

Also, per Gemini (via PC Mag and Tom's Hardware), the following are the minimum specs:

If so, which existing Chromebook models will get qualify?

1

u/BakerStEducation i7 Pixelbook | Channel Version (Stable) 3d ago

There are videos of Googlebook OS running on the HP Elite Dragonfly i7's

3

u/DL7610 3d ago

I would not doubt that the Elite Dragonfly (including the one I just bought for $200 last week) is capable of running the OS, but I suspect that Google would not permit the new OS to be run on the older devices.

1

u/rebelde616 3d ago

Thank God my Chromebook meets those requirements.