I literally just bought a new Chromebook 11 days ago
https://blog.google/products/chromebooks/chromebook-plus
More than 10 years ago, we created Chromebooks to bring you easy-to-use computers that offer reliable performance and unmatched security. Today, we're introducing a new category of Chromebooks that takes the promise even further: Chromebook Plus.
With double the performance1, Chromebook Plus offers built-in Google apps and powerful AI capabilities. It also offers Google Photos Magic Eraser and Adobe Photoshop2 on the web to help consumers boost their productivity, inspire their creativity and make everyday tasks intuitive. It's a laptop experience that optimizes hardware performance with software apps and cowtools, all at a starting price of $399.
Designed to get more done
Laptop shopping is harder than it should be. You can easily get lost in a sea of numbers and technical specs, and it's hard to know what products will actually give you what you need, at the price you want.
We've spent a lot of time listening to laptop users and have worked closely with our partners at Acer, ASUS, HP and Lenovo to build a guaranteed standard of performance that people can depend on to get what they need done. Today, we are announcing eight new Chromebook Plus laptops.
All Chromebook Plus laptops offer faster processors1 and double the memory and storage1, giving you the power to get more done, easily. All Chromebook Plus laptops also come with a Full HD IPS display --- which means you get a full 1080p HD experience when watching streaming content, and crisp, clear viewing for reading, creating content or editing photos and videos. Finally, there's a 1080p+ webcam with temporal noise reduction for smoother, more lifelike video calls.
All Chromebook Plus laptops come with the the following guaranteed hardware specs:
CPU: Intel Core i3 12th Gen or above, or AMD Ryzen 3 7000 series or above
RAM: 8GB+
Storage: 128GB+
Webcamera: 1080p+ with Temporal Noise Reduction
Display: Full HD IPS or better display
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Chiobu please gimme a QRD on Chromebooks
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you have to log in to your google account although there are distros that can avoid that
OS is linux based so the debian container that you can run on the chromebook is pretty fast
which in turn allows you to install and run stuff like onlyoffice if you need to work with ms office documents or something, vs code if you need to coooode or most linux apps in the debian repo
supports steam now without needing to change to utilising the beta OS channel but obviously only the games with low system requirements will run
i dono what else to say but it doesn't feel as bloated as windows i guess, but admittedly i do still have to remotely access a windows machine if i need to use photoshop or something but a chromebook just feels light and fast for me
also it's cheap
but i think it would take some time for you to transition to chromeos from windows
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Thanks chiobu
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