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I liked the Chromebook; it was small, compact, neat, and easy to use. All your docs etc are stored in the cloud, rather than on the device, so you can access them from other devices, and you have no worries about backups etc.
It has a full set of Google tools (spreadsheet, word processor, etc) but these are NOT directly compatible with the Microsoft Office equivalents, although each system can read the other's formats in a limited way. For example I imported my household budget spreadsheet from Windows to Chrome - all the info was there but the formulae were lost.
When I broke the screen (my own fault!) I pondered whether or not to get another Chromebook, but in the end I went back to MS out of familiarity.
My 12 year old kids both have a less expensive Chromebook that they do all their homework on. Chromebooks are perfect for this kind of thing and its no wonder schools in the US buy them in their thousands.
Google Drive can convert Microsoft Office documents. However it's just got even better very recently as one can now just directly open MS Office docs now without having to do any conversion. And whether created in Google Drive or not you can download documents from the system in Office format, or PDF, or others.
https://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/computing/laptops/laptops/hp-14-ca050sa-14-amd-a4-chromebook-32-gb-emmc-grey-10192537-pdt.html
https://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/computing/laptops/laptops/acer-cb514-1h-14-intel-celeron-chromebook-32-gb-emmc-10189620-pdt.html
Anyway, chat with son:
https://i.imgur.com/MKUfoVe.jpg
and the which chrome book link he sent:
https://www.google.com/intl/en_uk/chromebook/find-yours/?gclid=Cj0KCQiAoIPvBRDgARIsAHsCw08tsfnJRHKVSpcFMbuwOHfbjHMly-Qu4HXVTCKRNHCOzmtSUafaZHUaAms3EALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds
Went for the HP as it worked out cheaper with TopCashback.
Genuine question. I'm baffled.
They are great as you can now run both Android apps and Linux applications so for software development they are actually more useful in some ways than a Windows or Mac machine.
The Asus Flip machines are generally considered the best if you don't have pixel book money.
I have a C302 Flip now - bit bonkers as I have the M7 high end version - but it was in an end of life sale at John Lewis for the price of the M3 version.
Fabulous laptop - very nicely built. Most people who've seen me use it think it's a top end Macbook.
I don't use the tablet mode very much. But other than that I do 80% of my job on it. I could do the rest, but it'd involve buying a certain software package for it. But as I already bought software to this job on my Windows Desktop it's the only reason I don't do all my job on the Chromebook.
I recently upgraded to a 2TB Google One subscription, so all my important files are backed up at Google, and now I can access those in moments on my Chromebook.