I had a cheap version of an Acer 11" Windows 7 laptop that was not performing well after a few years. The machine was practically not usable so I decided to research and install the open-source Chromium OS that would make this old laptop a relatively fast “Chromebook”. Before I get into the instructions, let me share the final results. The Chromium OS boots up in 10sec on this “Chromebook”. Browsing internet is super fast and YouTube works great, but there are a few things that you have to watch out for if you are already used to using regular Chromebooks and you are doing a direct comparison: Chrome Web Store: This will not work as Chromium OS is not compatible with Chrome OS Web Store. You will not have access to Google Drive through the Chromium File Explorer the way you can do it in Chrome OS. This may not be important to you because you can still access Gmail, Google+ and Google Drive through your browser which is how I typically access it anyways. Chromium brows...