Windows Apps Now Available on Chromebooks

Parallels has just announced dedicated software aimed at enterprise Chromebooks that would allow customers to run Windows apps on Chrome OS. With this release, pretty much any application supposed to run on Windows can now be used on a Chromebook too, including here not only the likes of Microsoft Edge but also the Office productivity suite. And since it’s the enterprise market we’re talking about here, it’s no doubt that bringing the full Microsoft Office suite to Chromebook is a major win for Google and its customers. Running Windows apps on Chromebooks is possible without an Internet connection and side by side with Chrome OS apps. “Run Microsoft Office and other full-featured Windows apps directly on an enterprise Chromebook. Easily add chart trendlines in Excel, captions and citations in Word, and custom fonts or headers and footers in PowerPoint—capabilities that are not available in other versions of Microsoft Office— while simultaneously working with Chro...