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posted by chromas on Tuesday August 14 2018, @06:46AM   Printer-friendly
from the diversity-in-telemetry dept.

Google may add Windows 10 dual-boot option to Chromebooks

Google appears to be working on dual-boot support for Chromebooks. XDA-Developers has discovered that Google has been working to support an "alt OS mode" for its Pixelbook laptop for months now. Dubbed "Campfire," an obvious nod to Apple's own Boot Camp feature, Google's dual-boot is rumored to support Windows 10 on Chromebooks.

XDA-Developers claims Google is attempting to pass Microsoft's hardware certification for Windows 10 to allow its Pixelbook to officially run the alternative operating system. References to Microsoft's Windows Hardware Certification Kit have appeared in development builds of Chrome OS, and Google's Campfire work might extend to other new Chromebooks in the future.

Dual-boot support is said to be arriving on the Pixelbook soon, as Google engineers are pushing through multiple changes for Chrome OS to support the new feature.

That makes Google's recent attack ad a little funnier.

Also at Engadget, The Register, 9to5Google, Tom's Hardware, and CNET.

See also: Why cheap Chromebooks running Windows will benefit Google, not you

Related: ChromeOS Gains the Ability to Run Linux Applications
Google's Fuchsia OS Adds Emulator for Debian Linux Applications


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  • (Score: 2) by arslan on Wednesday August 15 2018, @03:10AM (1 child)

    by arslan (3462) on Wednesday August 15 2018, @03:10AM (#721660)

    Embrace, extend and extinguish. Nice move Google! Why buy a Win10 laptop when you can buy a ChromeOS and Win10 laptop. Hopefully overtime one sees the light and stops booting to win10/11/12 Talk about weaning off thy sucketh tits! Well played!

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  • (Score: 2) by DannyB on Wednesday August 15 2018, @01:24PM

    by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday August 15 2018, @01:24PM (#721763) Journal

    There is one possible reason I can conceivably imagine that I would set up my Pixelbook to dual boot with Windows. But I doubt, in practice, that I will ever do this.

    Corporate applications.

    I could run Windows as a dual boot option. Then install all of the corporate crap so I could use my Pixelbook as a laptop for work. It would have the additional benefit of keeping work and non-work very separate -- since I would never use Windows for any other purpose.

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