Hello, I was more curious than anything if the dual boot solution on a Chromebook with Ubuntu would be powerful enough to compile the bit files via Xilinx ISE. I know that it needs to be an Intel based processor otherwise proceeding is not possible, but in terms of power - if it's just for school would it be strong enough with realistic expectations? My laptop just recently took a dive, so I'm just judging whether something low power with high battery longevity is better or high power with all the bulk and expense that comes with it. Thanks in advance!

Edit: 2016-04-26 @ 13:00
I might also add that this should go for any cloud based laptop such as the Windows based Lenovo 100s, HP Stream, and others.

Such as this 100s on the very low power end:
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/lenovo-i...&skuId=4475000

And this chromebook variant:
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/lenovo-i...&skuId=4813300

To higher power models:
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/lenovo-i...&skuId=4456500

The chromebook should work ok, if it's a relatively recent one, with 4GB or more of RAM and an Intel CPU. And if you have some computer skills, you can replace ChromeOS entirely with Linux if you want.

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Thanks for your feedback! This is good to know for the tinkerer within me.