Does Chromebook Deserve Laptop Respect? - Comments Page 2

My wife has had a convertible touch screen Chromebook for 2 years and it is perfect for her. She doesn't want to do Windows or Word, just check email and Facebook, and this is perfect. I picked up a basic model for $100 on Amazon, and it is my travel companion - light, quick booting, easy web browsing.

I use a laptop in lots of places with no internet connection. I live half the year in a country with very limited internet, so unless I misunderstand the concept, I cannot use a chromebook most of the time. If you can compute and the then upload to the cloud, I guess it would be useable, but then I can do that with my windows machine.

For those of us who play World of Warcraft, and similar games, you need Windows.
I also do a lot of video editing/manipulation and on-line software does not cut it.

I got my first Chromebook when my old laptop failed. It cost me $149 and I still use it. Nobody wants to steal it. It's great for email and web browsing! Also good for writing and presentations. Love that it's maintenance free. I got a second one to loan out to relatives and friends when their Windows machines break. They often buy one themselves, although often as a second machine.
Indeed, mine is my "second" machine. Well, in truth, I've got Windows desktop, Mac, and Linux, too. I enjoy parts of each one. My Chromebook is by far the best for traveling. I don't really care that my new Chromebook does Android apps...my phone does that well.

I've tried 2 chromebooks. Neither of them (right out of the box)would retain settings. I would tell it to open browser where I left off, but when I closed browser and reopened, it was back to new tab. Go so frustrated, I returned them. I spent a total of about 4 hours on phone with Costo tech and Asus tech, and neither could solve it.

I have an "Acer Chromebook 14 for Work" model CPS-471, and I use it for all my tasks. It is about 2 years old, has 8G of Ram, 2 USB 3.1 ports, 1 Type C port, slot for a memory card, and up to 10 hour battery life.
My initial issue was no direct connection to a printers (printer drivers cannot be installed), but Google Cloud Print allows printing to a large number of printers, including all my printers (InkJet, B&W Laser, and Color laser). Problem solved! Have not NEEDED to use my Windows Desktop machine in over 9 months. Chrome updates automatically and with no issues, unlike Windows updates that sometimes broke my system till another update corrected the "bad" windows update. I'm a happy camper.