OT- chromebook anyone?

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Well frick yall.

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You waited a whole hour for an answer to a non-sports question on a sports board. Step off the ledge, man.

I have always been told chromebooks are suited for the most minimal tasks. Designed to let you surf the internet in a lightweight, compact shell. Minimal power and memory means you aren't going to be doing too much, and you aren't going to be doing anything too quickly.

Probably wise to spend a little more and get out of the netbook class, but I'm not sure what all you need to do with it. Hope that helped some

I have work laptop for my visios and cads and MS Office etc.

And I have bottom of the line HP with I3 intel for personal use, it's what I'm using right now.

I hate it. It's not consumer upgradable so I can't put more RAM in it. It is slow. It has Windows 8, and I didn't get the touchscreen. The keys are falling off. The Mouse pad has some weird bug that freezes it up and does other wierd shite, been troubleshooting that on google for a while.

99% of its use is web.

Chromebook type of device is exactly what I need.

QUESTION about it, is it a cheap piece of shite that has issues too? I see they are made by Acer and Asus and all the usual suspects for shittiness, that's my hesitation.

Google does a good job of hiding negative things in its search results. Whats the word on the street?

This is a really good resource I found, if most of your use is the web it will more than likely be perfect.

Windows Laptops vs. Chromebooks

I've done a bit of research on them the past few months. I want to get one but have had other things come up that needed my money more.

I like that you can install a linux OS on them to install and run applications that you wouldn't normally be able to use.

I got my mom one for Christmas because every other laptop she had would just fill up with spam and other slowers because she doesn't know how to use a windows system. The google OS is very convenient for what it sounds like you want to do. It's basically just a tablet without a touchscreen. If all you want to do is use chrome or other google apps, I would recommend it. It has a very quick start time and runs quickly because you won't be filling it up with anything that's not already on there.

Also, I would recommend reading the reviews for the different brands of chromebook. They all seemed to focus on a different aspect of the computer. For instance, it seemed like the samsung model had a good screen, but some people thought that it felt too flimsy, while the asus model felt sturdy and had a less vibrant screen.

Here is the model I got my mom. Like I said, she only uses it for the web so she doesn't even use any of the apps from the google app store. LINK