Earlier last year, on 8th December 2010 to be exact, we reported the launch of the very first laptop which was powered by the much hyped Chrome OS from Google; the laptop was to be offered to a select group of people through a public beta Chrome OS Pilot Program. So it goes without saying that Google had initially intended that the Cr-48, the unbranded Chrome OS sporting laptop from the internet search giant, run nothing other than its own OS, but as adventurous as people can be, take a look at yet another possibility of the Cr-48 as it has been hacked to run Ubuntu, Mac OS X, and Windows.
Yes! You read it just right, even this not-generally-released unbranded laptop from Google has been hacked to do the tweaker’s bidding, and if that was not all, people who have been lucky enough to get their hands on the laptop can follow the instructions to hack their own Cr-48 in order to run Mac OS X, Ubuntu and Windows 7 on it, needless to say, if you plan on performing this procedure, for which the bottom cover of the laptop will have to be opened, please keep in mind that it can brick your system and can also void the warranty.
However, it should also be kept in mind that instructions pertaining to the installation of particularly Ubuntu and Windows 7 operating systems have been posted on Something Awful, the instructions for installing Mac OS X Snow Leopard on the Cr-48 are available on Insanely Mac.
In the meanwhile, have a look at this video showing the all new Google Cr-48 running the Mac OS X Snow Leopard:
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