via the Chrome browser, mimicking the early look and feel of the first official ChromeOS announcements. File Size: The original compressed archive was approximately , expanding to roughly 2.5 GB once extracted. Modern Alternatives
The version string says it all: 1.0.628 – an incredibly early iteration. OEM Beta meant it was never meant for public hands. Instead, it was shipped (quietly) to a handful of Taiwanese netbook manufacturers like Acer and ASUS to test on Atom N270 and N280-based netbooks. i686 indicates it was compiled for 32-bit x86, a dying breed even then, but the dominant architecture for cheap, low-power netbooks. And x86 ? No ARM support yet. No 64-bit. Just pure, unadulterated 32-bit x86 Chrome. Google Chrome OS Linux i686 1.0.628 OEM Beta x86