- Google.com shows an emerging window to promote Chromebooks
- It is aimed at the Windows 10 laptop owners as the support for that operating system ends
- The emerging window directs curious people to a chromebook plus portal, but Google is sailing near the wind with some of the marketing used here
Google is taking advantage of the fact that Microsoft is about to finish the support for Windows 10 by showing an emerging window that announces the Chromebooks strengths, hoping that people jump a ship instead of updating a new Windows 11 notebook.
Windows last detected the announcement that appeared when the technology site visited the search page of Google.com.
Google’s emerging window says: “Is it time for a new laptop? Get Chromebook Plus. With safety solutions for Windows 10 that end this October, change the laptop that has never had a virus.”
Yes, the claws are fine and truly out, and although this is not a suggestion that Windows notebooks are prone to viruses, it is clearly a clue in that direction, and certainly an argument that Chromeos has better security.
Windows Last tells us that if you click on the ‘Obtain more information’ button in the emerging window, Google’s Switch to Chromebook ‘portal will be directed from Google, a website that sells the benefits of Chromebook Plus models (the more premium takes the laptops of Google).
ANALYSIS: Horses for courses
What is really interesting here is the video that is played on the Switch to Chromebook site when visiting for the first time.
It shows a generic portable computer (see the previous screen capture) that is not explicitly a Windows notebook in any way, but has a ‘Microsoft Blue’ revealing background, and thus again the track is clear enough, particularly as one of the emerging windows that appears on the notebook is a ‘virus” ” ’warning, which was, which was, of course, of course, of course, of course, of course, of course, of course, it was, which was, of course, of course, of course, of course, of course, it was, which was, of course, which was, of course, of course, of course, which was, of course, which was, of course, which was, of course. Google.com. Another emerging window shows a ‘system error’ that occurs before the laptop screen flicked, and then dies.
The largest track about where Google points to this Video Potshot is the rotating circle (of fatality) that is shown (for years) when the laptop appears for the first time, which is some Windows. And, as mentioned, since all this comes after clicking on a link about the abandonment of Windows 10, well, you can get your own conclusion.
Therefore, this feels quite under Google’s belt, even if Chromebooks have their clear merits, one of which is a very tight level of security. Although it is not even fair to imply that Windows 11 falls and stays behind this front (it is not).
In fact, a Chromebook could be a convincing choice for those looking for a more aerodynamic way to work with a laptop. Google notebooks have simplicity on their side, and affordability (although Chromebook Plus models are more premium efforts), but it is making a series of commitments compared to the Microsoft operating system.
I will not enter a complete comparison of the relative merits of the laptops and chromebooks of Windows 11: we have an in -depth explanator about that, if you want to go to weeds. The truth is that they are quite different operating systems, but what Google is not mentioning is that those who wish to give Windows 11 a failure, or cannot be updated due to not meeting the requirements of their system, it is more likely to gravitate towards Linux than Chromeos. Especially since you can find the Linux distributions that are built to be Windows and offer a newcomer from the Microsoft side of the fence as such.
There is another important point that Google does not mention, which is that those who execute a laptop from Windows 10 can get another year of free support, carrying their laptop as October 2026. There is still no hurry to make a decision, and Google and conveniently neglect to highlight this.
However, everything is right in marketing and public relations, right? And to be fair, all technological giants are involved in this type of promotion style of the thin line for their devices, software or services.
I don’t know how widespread this emerging Chromebook window is in particular, but I don’t see it on Google.com on my PC with Windows 10. I guess Windows Last was running a Windows 10 system when the technological site saw Google’s announcement, although it doesn’t make it clear. This is likely to be a specific movement that Google is showing some Windows 10 users, possibly limitedly at this time.
