On June 15, Samsung and Acer will release the first consumer-oriented Chrome OS laptops, or Chromebooks as Google likes to call them. Both hardware- and software-wise, these netbooks are nothing special: You can download Chrome OS’s open source brother, Chromium OS, for free — and at around $400 for a Chromebook, you would certainly expect some better hardware than what Samsung and Acer are offering.

In fact, for around $300 you can get a cheaper and more powerful netbook with Windows 7 pre-installed — and it only takes about 30 minutes to wipe Windows and install Chrome OS yourself. You’ll end up with a better and cheaper Chromebook — and to top it off, you’ll have a spare Windows 7 license that you can give to your mom.