Related: The Best Chromebooks You Can Buy, 2017 Edition But this method lets you take your Chrome OS installation wherever you go and use it on other computers, which is kind of neat. If you just want to test Chrome OS, your best bet is running it in a virtual machine. This ensures that you won't run into any hardware-related issues. Google purchased Neverware CloudReady, which we originally covered below. You can use it to run Chrome OS on your existing PC or Mac. Google released Chrome OS Flex in February 2022.