 Like me, you probably have an old laptop gathering dust somewhere or a PC so slow and loud you're afraid to turn it on. Today we're going to show you a few simple steps for breathing new life into that machine, turning it into a Chromebook for free. We're going to be using software from a New York City startup called Neverware that's helping schools turn their old, outdated hardware into Chromebooks. Step one, check to make sure your machine is among the several thousand units that are compatible with Neverware's cloud-ready system. Step two, get an eight or 16 gigabyte USB thumb drive and download the cloud-ready software from Neverware's website onto your USB stick. Step three, plug that USB stick into your computer and turn it on. You'll need to hold down a couple keys to have the device boot into the thumb drive. It varies by device. You can check Neverware's website for details. Step four, install the cloud-ready software onto your old device. This will wipe out your old operating system and everything on your hard drive. If you prefer, you can choose the dual boot option. That allows you to pick between cloud-ready and your old operating system every time you power on. It also preserves whatever was stored on your computer. There are a few restrictions, so check Neverware's site to ensure your device is compatible. Step five, install Flash. It's optional but a good idea. Then log in with your Google credentials and you're ready to go. Step six, you've now got a brand new Chrome device. What next? You can head on over to the Chrome Web Store and download some applications, Spotify, Netflix, even a virtual reality viewer. Step seven, if you want to get really fancy, you can actually boot into cloud-ready right from the USB stick without installing anything on your old machine. So you can plug this into a compatible machine wherever you are. It's like carrying the world's smallest Chromebook around in your pocket. It's pretty fun to bring an old machine out of retirement and in our experience, you can get great performance running Chrome on an old machine. That's one of the really delightful ironies of the cloud computing age. You have more hardware packed into a five to 10-year-old machine than you do with a brand new Chromebook just coming to market.
 Like me, you probably have an old laptop gathering dust somewhere or a PC so slow and loud you're
 afraid to turn it on.
 Today we're going to show you a few simple steps for breathing new life into that machine,
 turning it into a Chromebook for free.
 We're going to be using software from a New York City startup called Neverware that's
 helping schools turn their old, outdated hardware into Chromebooks.
 Step one, check to make sure your machine is among the several thousand units that are
 compatible with Neverware's cloud-ready system.
 Step two, get an eight or 16 gigabyte USB thumb drive and download the cloud-ready software
 from Neverware's website onto your USB stick.
 Step three, plug that USB stick into your computer and turn it on.
 You'll need to hold down a couple keys to have the device boot into the thumb drive.
 It varies by device.
 You can check Neverware's website for details.
 Step four, install the cloud-ready software onto your old device.
 This will wipe out your old operating system and everything on your hard drive.
 If you prefer, you can choose the dual boot option.
 That allows you to pick between cloud-ready and your old operating system every time you
 power on.
 It also preserves whatever was stored on your computer.
 There are a few restrictions, so check Neverware's site to ensure your device is compatible.
 Step five, install Flash.
 It's optional but a good idea.
 Then log in with your Google credentials and you're ready to go.
 Step six, you've now got a brand new Chrome device.
 What next?
 You can head on over to the Chrome Web Store and download some applications, Spotify, Netflix,
 even a virtual reality viewer.
 Step seven, if you want to get really fancy, you can actually boot into cloud-ready right
 from the USB stick without installing anything on your old machine.
 So you can plug this into a compatible machine wherever you are.
 It's like carrying the world's smallest Chromebook around in your pocket.
 It's pretty fun to bring an old machine out of retirement and in our experience, you can
 get great performance running Chrome on an old machine.
 That's one of the really delightful ironies of the cloud computing age.
 You have more hardware packed into a five to 10-year-old machine than you do with a
 brand new Chromebook just coming to market.