The following are some of the Hatch-based Chromebooks available in the market. In that case, I would recommend you to use Windows 7 as it’s bloat-free and much faster than Windows 10.Īccording to Chrome Unboxed, newly-launched Chromebooks (based on Hatch baseboard) are coming with built-in KVM support. You can, of course, run Windows but the performance won’t be that good. If you don’t have KVM support then there is nothing to worry about. I have mentioned the steps in the next section to find KVM support on Chromebooks. It allows your Chromebook to take full advantage of hardware acceleration using the built-in virtualization technology. To smoothly run Windows on a Chromebook, your Chromebook should have KVM support (Kernel-based Virtual Machine).

Should You Install Windows 10 or Windows 7 on a Chromebook?īefore moving to the steps, you must know which Windows version would be a better pick for your Chromebook. (Settings -> Linux (Beta) on the left menu -> Turn on). So go ahead and check if you have Linux support. School Chromebooks tend to not have Linux support, but recently Google brought support for Linux containers on a few Chromebooks. You can download a fresh copy of Windows 10 for free from here.ģ.