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Originally Posted by Sregener
I did the math. For $250, I got a 13.3 1080p Chromebook. For $250, I could get a cheap Windows laptop with a slow processor. I could buy an SSD for it for $75. Add 4GB of RAM (4 is much too little for Windows IMO) for another $50. Buy antivirus for $30/year. And wait... And wait... And wait...
My Chromebook is fast. Really fast. Light. 12+ hours of battery life the way I use it. Perfect for me.
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AVG is free, so subtract $30. But of course, each to his own. The show-stopper for me was the fact that neither Chrome nor Linux can offer the same plethora of software that is available under Windows. Yes, one can run Wine, but Wine itself and the Windows-based programs that run under it may not run so well. In addition, to run Linux easily on a Chromebook, you have install it next to Chrome. That means more limited resources used. Actually overwriting the Chrome OS with Linux is another story and a difficult business that could cause bricking. So it wasn't for me.