Installing Windows or another alternative to Chrome OS on a Chromebook could be about to get a whole lot easier -- although it needs be compatible when it comes to the architecture (e.g. x86 or ARM).
In a blog post on Google+, Chromium guru François Beaufort revealed that the Chrome OS team is adding a debugging feature that will allow any Chromebook to boot from a USB key when started up in developer mode.
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While it's not currently impossible to run something else alongside Chrome OS, it's something of a convoluted process that involves terminal commands and other actions that send get non-advanced users into a spin.
A USB key-based plug-and-play approach could go some way to simplifying that process and extend what you can do on Google's (mostly) affordable laptops.
Via: Techspot
