Interesting video, subscribed for more. As you mention, there will be schools in the Microsoft camp who provide their students with O365 accounts by default. However, there's no reason these students can't then use a Chromebook (enjoying the many benefits they bring!) along with the Microsoft Office 365 Android apps which allow working offline by default. I made a video on my channel recently covering this and the other options for out of the box office applications on a Chromebook.
Absolutely! Chromebooks can be used for many tasks, but definitely take time and learn about your device to fully utilize it best for your needs. That goes for all devices. To all who want to lean about your options for document creation and saving on ChromeOS, here is a direct link to Merge Droid's video that he mentioned: ruclips.net/video/wFR6fWGbPmw/видео.html
Yes if your internet is very spotty, you might want to stay away from chrome books. However I bought a Samsung Chromebook plus in 2017 for $350, and have loved it. I’m 2 semesters away from graduating and I’ve only had a few instances where the OS was a problem. It was easily worked around and I spent a third of what most of my classmates spent.
OTOH, chromebooks have excellent wifi antennae and can connect to weak signals where a windows laptop or macbook cannot pick up any signal at all. Zoom works much better on a chromebook than it does on either a windows or mac laptop/ipad. So, you are buying an extremely strong wifi adapter connected to a keyboard and a little screen. Chromebooks are worth it for that reason.
As a rebuttal, on any PC or MAC I can add on a Wi-Fi adapter for better signal and typically Chromebooks come with a lower resolution camera. For meetings they may be better because they're not transmitting as much data as you could get from a PC or Mac.
I teach in an area with way worse internet than you and I use a Chromebook for all my stuff. Android apps solve many of the problems you discuss, I can even edit videos offline. And when it comes to hardware, Chromebooks are a better value. My Chromebook was 340 dollars a few years ago and I have dropped it twice onto cement, my 3 year old daughter jumped on it, and I stepped on it. Plus, when I do have internet, I noticed that my Chromebook starts instantly unlike my students windows laptops that take more time to load up, especially when they do surprise updates.
I do agree Chromebooks to have their place in the laptop marketplace. Regarding Android apps I would personally like to suggest one solution for everyone where they don't have to go searching for specific solutions to problems they don't yet know about. As far as build quality that can vary based on making model and user experience. When it comes to updates Windows lets me know when updates are needed if I forcefully say no every single time then eventually it will forcefully tell me to update. When a new update comes out I'll always update so that way I'm not forced into an update when I'm not ready for it. I would suggest anybody with any product or OS do this as well. Are they great devices sure but I know if I were to have children they would have Windows pc and not a Chromebook.
That was one of the points I pondered before committing money on the Chromebook, I ended buying it because most of the things I do personally are web-based, and very little is done programs installed in the computer's storage. Up to this point, I'm not disappointed I was able to install a Linux (beta) container, installed a programing language, and access some terminal programs, for a system with so few resources (64GB of storage, 4GB of RAM, iCore3 two cores, two threads) it is very nimble, compiles quickly and have not noticed any stuttering
Great video. I'm seriously bummed about this acer chromebook I got for around 319. I am definitely going to do a return, and swap it out for a windows laptop. But I don't know what laptop is around that price range that's decent. Any tips or ideas on what model to go with?
I know this may be a few dollars more at $358.65, but I know a lot of students for highschool bought a Lenovo ideapad 3 like this one: amzn.to/3aTDdBU (paid link) I wouldn't buy this one specifically right now unless you need it. The ideapad 3 has been seen at lower prices earlier this year before school started. In general there is a huge price spike across all computers and computer components due to covid messing up the supply chain. BestBuy usually has some good deals on these laptops as well but again Christmas on top of covid... inventory is low demand is high so the price is higher. I don't own any Lenovo products but I have had to upgrade some Lenovo laptops recently and they're my favorite laptop to work on because make it so easy for users to access everything. There is a market for Chromebooks for some people but I definitely know they're not for everybody.
@@MikeLikesThat Yes that will 'run'' windows. good luck with doing anything else besides streaming and web apps. Congratulations you just made a slow chrombook.
@@guysmallwood2194 not sure where you're getting your info from as one of the computers I built for work has a Ryzen 2200g and can fully run Adobe software to edit videos and photos no problem. I have also restored older Pentium processor based laptops with 4gbs of ram and an ssd to run Windows 10. Is it the greatest experience? No, but it is a snappy experience nonetheless to do basic tasks using a computer. Not everyone can afford the perfect laptop so people have to buy one based off their budget. Just like most things with computers you pay for what you get.
I've done some research on Chromebooks recently, right before I bought a Windows laptop this week. From what I learned, the use cases for a Chromebook are: someone who mainly uses the laptop for media consumption, someone who uses it for written content creation, or an IT professional who codes and builds applications (this use case requires the higher end Chromebooks which have similar specs to Macs but are cheaper.) If you need to use Microsoft Office, then I truly don't understand why you would ever buy a Chromebook or a Mac. While Office is available on other platforms, the functionality isn't exactly the same.
Writing this on a chromebook. Basically a i3 or with 4GB of RAM on a chrombook will be blazing fast. not so much for a windows box. Please disconnect your Windows box from the internet and what can you do? 90% of the average user use cases require internet so yes you should base a purchase based on the 10% of your workload.
Have you tried an i3 and 4gb of ram with Windows 10 recently? An i3-4130 with 4gb of ddr3 and HDD is far different then an i3-1115G4 with 4gb of ddr4 and a NVME. Your i3 and 4gb statement is very vague and is not a valid point and can be proven wrong. If Windows seems too open and you want it locked down for security or for better performance some OEMs install "Windows S" on lower end laptops that sell for $150 or so. As far as the internet connection I can still happily play AAA games, edit/render videos using Adobe products, and a few more things. For the most part you are right, you can't do much more than a chrome. I don't find them much in business settings as windows has a business suite just like Google, but windows has businesses feel more and has proven more secure. If they become something to compete with Windows in the future and develop their OS more then I'll be happy to take a look and educate myself more. As of now they server a very specific user base, which I am fine with as im not saying I hate CromeOS, but rather it doesn't offer anything nor compel me to switch from Windows. Which is why I don't recommend their devices. I am open to changing my mind, but it will have to be game changing.
@@MikeLikesThat I have a hp 14in i3 with 4GB of RAM and 128GB SSD Originally with Windows S. It's been reforammted to a kail linix platform so I can simulate an attack on my lab with hard wardware not VM's . idle it uses about 8MB of ram with a GUI running leaving me with ~3 GB of RAM for application space. It can crack a Windows local passwd in about 8 mins without a GPU. The chromebook is used for the rest of my workload. python development, zoom meetings, documents. manageing AWS and VMWare environments etc. which I spcificallty do not use my kali box on. The i3 with 4GB of ram is fine for linux based OS's. It's Windows at that spec is too heavy. As you said yourself you have never 'driven a chromebook' maybe its time your did. THe fact that your ISP sucks isnt a reason to not get chromebook and please 'if your a student and you need to look something up and your ISP goes out' yes for that 1 specific issue. (ohhh and BTW just teather to your phone or native wireless on some of the books to get internet back for that mission critical workload).
I've bought a lenovo flex 5 which I was happy with until I relaized how much I needed the windows applications. The laptop chassi itself was awesome but chrome OS still has a long way to go. Stick with windows guys. You're not going to regret it
I bought a Chromebook /I guess my internet is stable and I liked the price plus I had had trouble with a windows laptop previously so I wanted to try something different
I agree. never seen the point to them. the main thing that would ever stop me buying one is lack of upgradability. Unless I can upgrade the hard drive and ram at the very least i will not have it. plus no decant apps. Some are very expensive as well at a price you could get a really good normal laptop for.
Absolutely! Why is there a Pixel Book Go at BestBuy for $1399 right now? The thing has an 8th gen i7 processor. While some laptops now have the 11th gen processors already... They are trying to be something they are not. They have their reason to be a great cheep laptop but nothing more, unless I'm missing something 🤔
I was thinking: If they were able to get Parallels to work natively on ChromeOS, why can't they get everything else to work? They should have a ChromeOS app store that comes pre-installed on every Chromebook, and it would have all the native apps you need like MS Office, Steam, Photoshop, etc. It would be like the iOS App Store, but for Chromebooks. I still don't understand why they didn't do that. Chromebooks literally have a higher market share then Linux, and Linux has WAY more native apps than ChromeOS does.
The average size of a term paper (in docx format) is 7-10kb, A medium quality image (jpg or bmp) is about 200kb (you cannot use larger images for school or work). For documents and basic images , 16GB is huge. Maybe use an actual chromebook for the tasks you described and you'll see why they are just fine. You're reviewing a product you've never even used.
If you think about it and they don’t expensive for the hardware and you get because you get like a 10-year-old processor I wanna even worse at 20-year-old processor and there they are definitely more than they are worth and the ads are so misleading that they actually make me want to buy a Chromebook less than I did before
I totally disagree with this video. Every point that it is trying to make does not hold and can be easily proven wrong. I've been using "only" a Chromebook for over a year for business and I find it way better than any Windows PC outhere. For school, I highly recommend the Chromebook over any Windows PC. Google is the only company that has succeeded in making a computer that truly competes with Microsoft. Let's not talk about Apple here, since they're at another level and kind of pricey. The Chromebook is born with and for the cloud. It's an amazing machine, way more secure than a Windows PC, unless you have a cybersecurity geek to support you and your Windows PC. I recommend it to anyone who's fed up with Microsoft's approach to computing and wants to be productive instead of playing around with configurations. After spending decades with the blue screen of death and Microsoft's techy OS, endless updates, constant vulnerabilies and poor performance, I feel liberated with my Chromebook. Don't get me wrong, I'm bashing Microsoft here, but I still love them. :-)
I don't disagree with you and I don't 100% agree with the video either. I have been using CB's for close to 8 years and have ran an entire company on them. But, I agree if you are in an area with not so good internet and you need to off load information and content then CB's really aren't the best solution. Trust me I even do my RUclips video editing on mine which would be is no dice when I have no internet. I pay $30 a month just for a backup T-Mobile hotspot incase my Spectrum is down.
@@MikeLikesThat i got the dell inspirion 15 3000 touchscreen. It works pretty well, and i will primarily use it for school, but it works for light gaming too It also has a 256gb SSD, so that "boots up as fast as 6 seconds" for chromebooks is laughable
I'm glad to hear you're enjoying your new laptop and that it is faster than a Chromebook LOL. I would also recommend to upgrade your laptop to 8 gigs of RAM, if it isn't. Some windows laptops still come with 4 or 6 but 8 is the sweet spot.
@@MikeLikesThat yeah i have 12 (around 10 usable) i cant imagine going back to 4, as my old one from 2012 has 4gb and some old intel processor. Took like 5 minutes to boot up and another 3 to start up the web browser lol.
I have one chromebooks. But I also have gaming PC. Chromebooks is better when you using streaming music/movie. But chromebook is sucks when you play game and it's horrible.
Could be, I don't own one... but I also know it is not a product for me. It can be a good product for some, but it is just not a product I will ever recommend.
@@MikeLikesThat Then how would you know? I've been strictly Chromebook for about 10 years.. and I've owned about 5. I owned 2 that was a browser only, (when they were first released ) and I bought 3 of the latest mid-level Chromebooks in the last several years when they added Android and Linux apps and the 2 in one form factor. I would never go back to Windows, nor would I even consider Macs. i f you wanted a fast, computer with no security issues, and a great deal of software, (actually more than Windows). Chromebooks are a great bet. A Chromebook has flexibility, lasts about 10 hours on a charge, is invulnerable to viruses and ransomware, and can last almost forever without slowing down, there is no better computer.
Everything you stated right there is my issue. I have a phone that can do exactly that. For me personally, why would I buy a "laptop" that does that same thing and nothing more? I've had a Windows RT tablet before and it felt so locked down I couldn't do anything except for only use the apps from the Microsoft store. Based on your description it sounds very similar to that. The only thing is going for RT at the time was also that it was more "fast" and more "secure". If that is all you need then that is fine there is no need to debate something based on user use. Again, like I said, it can be a good product based on your needs. Chromebooks are made for "users" not "creators". To me students fall into the "creators" category. The main topic of this video was to discuss a Chromebook from a student use standpoint. The target point of a chromebook is that you can buy a cheep laptop for school. Most families in my area barely have a budget for a $300 laptop and needed a laptop due to covid. My goal is to make sure every dollar you spend gives you the best capabilities for the tech you buy. To me Windows offers a lot more than ChromeOS. If you have the money to buy a laptop every two years more to you. But most people who ask me questions about laptops are not in the same situation as you. For my business I need to run the full version of adobe products and also be as reliable as possible (even though adobe software is buggy to start with). I also love to play games on the side. Google does have the streaming platform Stadia which works "okay" for now. Stadia is reliant on your internet connection speed. For most of america they opt to pay for the cheapest speed or still do not even have access to a high enough speed. For these two major reasons I will not be able to buy a Chromebook I also agree with never going with a Mac, based from a repairability standpoint.
@@MikeLikesThat Again, a lot of your points you made are out of pure ignorance; you've already admitted you've never owned a Chromebook. Chromebooks were so inexpensive and evolved so quickly, I always purchased the newest type of Chromebook when they became available. 2 of the Chromebooks I have purchased, were presents. I gave them away as a newer more powerful Chromebook came out My first 2 Chromebooks were browser only. I still own one. although I barely use it. Then when they were available with Android and Linux apps I bought 2 more, one I gave to my parents. The last one I purchased was when they came out with a more powerful Chromebook (an Acer spin 13) with an i5 processor, 8 GB of ram, 256 GB MMC Hard drive, and the 2 in one form factor where the screen rotated 360 degrees and could be used as a tablet, 'tent' mode and various other modes. I am a gamer, and Chromebooks now support Steam, Geforce Now, Stadia, and of course Android Games, so i wanted a more powerful Chromebook to handle the gameplay. I just bought a HP X360 14CT online on Black Friday. its another i5 8GB of RAM and 256 GB MMC with a 14" display, that sold for $700, but was on sale for $400. I bought it, literally as a spare laptop. While you are probably right, most things can be done on a phone.. I, for one like doing things on a 14" screen with a full keyboard, and a trackpad, instead of my tiny phone. So sue me. The same can be said for your Windows machine.
Interesting video, subscribed for more. As you mention, there will be schools in the Microsoft camp who provide their students with O365 accounts by default. However, there's no reason these students can't then use a Chromebook (enjoying the many benefits they bring!) along with the Microsoft Office 365 Android apps which allow working offline by default. I made a video on my channel recently covering this and the other options for out of the box office applications on a Chromebook.
Absolutely! Chromebooks can be used for many tasks, but definitely take time and learn about your device to fully utilize it best for your needs. That goes for all devices.
To all who want to lean about your options for document creation and saving on ChromeOS, here is a direct link to Merge Droid's video that he mentioned: ruclips.net/video/wFR6fWGbPmw/видео.html
@@MikeLikesThat Cheers Mike, agree on that and thanks for checking out and sharing my video.
Yes if your internet is very spotty, you might want to stay away from chrome books. However I bought a Samsung Chromebook plus in 2017 for $350, and have loved it. I’m 2 semesters away from graduating and I’ve only had a few instances where the OS was a problem. It was easily worked around and I spent a third of what most of my classmates spent.
OTOH, chromebooks have excellent wifi antennae and can connect to weak signals where a windows laptop or macbook cannot pick up any signal at all. Zoom works much better on a chromebook than it does on either a windows or mac laptop/ipad. So, you are buying an extremely strong wifi adapter connected to a keyboard and a little screen. Chromebooks are worth it for that reason.
As a rebuttal, on any PC or MAC I can add on a Wi-Fi adapter for better signal and typically Chromebooks come with a lower resolution camera. For meetings they may be better because they're not transmitting as much data as you could get from a PC or Mac.
@@MikeLikesThat Yes! Zoom is my biggest problem.
I teach in an area with way worse internet than you and I use a Chromebook for all my stuff. Android apps solve many of the problems you discuss, I can even edit videos offline. And when it comes to hardware, Chromebooks are a better value. My Chromebook was 340 dollars a few years ago and I have dropped it twice onto cement, my 3 year old daughter jumped on it, and I stepped on it. Plus, when I do have internet, I noticed that my Chromebook starts instantly unlike my students windows laptops that take more time to load up, especially when they do surprise updates.
I do agree Chromebooks to have their place in the laptop marketplace. Regarding Android apps I would personally like to suggest one solution for everyone where they don't have to go searching for specific solutions to problems they don't yet know about. As far as build quality that can vary based on making model and user experience. When it comes to updates Windows lets me know when updates are needed if I forcefully say no every single time then eventually it will forcefully tell me to update. When a new update comes out I'll always update so that way I'm not forced into an update when I'm not ready for it. I would suggest anybody with any product or OS do this as well.
Are they great devices sure but I know if I were to have children they would have Windows pc and not a Chromebook.
That was one of the points I pondered before committing money on the Chromebook, I ended buying it because most of the things I do personally are web-based, and very little is done programs installed in the computer's storage. Up to this point, I'm not disappointed I was able to install a Linux (beta) container, installed a programing language, and access some terminal programs, for a system with so few resources (64GB of storage, 4GB of RAM, iCore3 two cores, two threads) it is very nimble, compiles quickly and have not noticed any stuttering
Great video. I'm seriously bummed about this acer chromebook I got for around 319. I am definitely going to do a return, and swap it out for a windows laptop. But I don't know what laptop is around that price range that's decent. Any tips or ideas on what model to go with?
I know this may be a few dollars more at $358.65, but I know a lot of students for highschool bought a Lenovo ideapad 3 like this one: amzn.to/3aTDdBU (paid link)
I wouldn't buy this one specifically right now unless you need it. The ideapad 3 has been seen at lower prices earlier this year before school started. In general there is a huge price spike across all computers and computer components due to covid messing up the supply chain.
BestBuy usually has some good deals on these laptops as well but again Christmas on top of covid... inventory is low demand is high so the price is higher.
I don't own any Lenovo products but I have had to upgrade some Lenovo laptops recently and they're my favorite laptop to work on because make it so easy for users to access everything.
There is a market for Chromebooks for some people but I definitely know they're not for everybody.
you are going to need to get a windows box with an i5 or ryzen5 and 8GB RAM for windows. The brand doesnt matter you need those specs.
@@MikeLikesThat Yes that will 'run'' windows. good luck with doing anything else besides streaming and web apps. Congratulations you just made a slow chrombook.
@@guysmallwood2194 not sure where you're getting your info from as one of the computers I built for work has a Ryzen 2200g and can fully run Adobe software to edit videos and photos no problem.
I have also restored older Pentium processor based laptops with 4gbs of ram and an ssd to run Windows 10. Is it the greatest experience? No, but it is a snappy experience nonetheless to do basic tasks using a computer. Not everyone can afford the perfect laptop so people have to buy one based off their budget. Just like most things with computers you pay for what you get.
I've done some research on Chromebooks recently, right before I bought a Windows laptop this week. From what I learned, the use cases for a Chromebook are: someone who mainly uses the laptop for media consumption, someone who uses it for written content creation, or an IT professional who codes and builds applications (this use case requires the higher end Chromebooks which have similar specs to Macs but are cheaper.)
If you need to use Microsoft Office, then I truly don't understand why you would ever buy a Chromebook or a Mac. While Office is available on other platforms, the functionality isn't exactly the same.
Writing this on a chromebook. Basically a i3 or with 4GB of RAM on a chrombook will be blazing fast. not so much for a windows box.
Please disconnect your Windows box from the internet and what can you do? 90% of the average user use cases require internet so yes you should base a purchase based on the 10% of your workload.
Have you tried an i3 and 4gb of ram with Windows 10 recently? An i3-4130 with 4gb of ddr3 and HDD is far different then an i3-1115G4 with 4gb of ddr4 and a NVME. Your i3 and 4gb statement is very vague and is not a valid point and can be proven wrong.
If Windows seems too open and you want it locked down for security or for better performance some OEMs install "Windows S" on lower end laptops that sell for $150 or so.
As far as the internet connection I can still happily play AAA games, edit/render videos using Adobe products, and a few more things. For the most part you are right, you can't do much more than a chrome.
I don't find them much in business settings as windows has a business suite just like Google, but windows has businesses feel more and has proven more secure. If they become something to compete with Windows in the future and develop their OS more then I'll be happy to take a look and educate myself more.
As of now they server a very specific user base, which I am fine with as im not saying I hate CromeOS, but rather it doesn't offer anything nor compel me to switch from Windows. Which is why I don't recommend their devices. I am open to changing my mind, but it will have to be game changing.
@@MikeLikesThat I have a hp 14in i3 with 4GB of RAM and 128GB SSD Originally with Windows S. It's been reforammted to a kail linix platform so I can simulate an attack on my lab with hard wardware not VM's . idle it uses about 8MB of ram with a GUI running leaving me with ~3 GB of RAM for application space. It can crack a Windows local passwd in about 8 mins without a GPU. The chromebook is used for the rest of my workload. python development, zoom meetings, documents. manageing AWS and VMWare environments etc. which I spcificallty do not use my kali box on.
The i3 with 4GB of ram is fine for linux based OS's. It's Windows at that spec is too heavy. As you said yourself you have never 'driven a chromebook' maybe its time your did.
THe fact that your ISP sucks isnt a reason to not get chromebook and please 'if your a student and you need to look something up and your ISP goes out' yes for that 1 specific issue. (ohhh and BTW just teather to your phone or native wireless on some of the books to get internet back for that mission critical workload).
Not having the Microsoft suite was a deal breaker for me. I know there are work arounds but I hate work around, I want things to work out the box.
I've bought a lenovo flex 5 which I was happy with until I relaized how much I needed the windows applications. The laptop chassi itself was awesome but chrome OS still has a long way to go. Stick with windows guys. You're not going to regret it
I bought a Chromebook /I guess my internet is stable and I liked the price plus I had had trouble with a windows laptop previously so I wanted to try something different
Chromebook sucks ass
Worst buy for a college student
I agree. never seen the point to them. the main thing that would ever stop me buying one is lack of upgradability. Unless I can upgrade the hard drive and ram at the very least i will not have it. plus no decant apps. Some are very expensive as well at a price you could get a really good normal laptop for.
Absolutely! Why is there a Pixel Book Go at BestBuy for $1399 right now? The thing has an 8th gen i7 processor. While some laptops now have the 11th gen processors already... They are trying to be something they are not. They have their reason to be a great cheep laptop but nothing more, unless I'm missing something 🤔
This is a opinion only Full office suite ceck, Stadia and Xplay check. linux container check.
Yeah just get a Mac or something instead of an expensive Chromebook.
I was thinking: If they were able to get Parallels to work natively on ChromeOS, why can't they get everything else to work?
They should have a ChromeOS app store that comes pre-installed on every Chromebook, and it would have all the native apps you need like MS Office, Steam, Photoshop, etc. It would be like the iOS App Store, but for Chromebooks. I still don't understand why they didn't do that. Chromebooks literally have a higher market share then Linux, and Linux has WAY more native apps than ChromeOS does.
my chromebook 202 workimng so great ive havent no issues with it
Best reason for a chrome book would be to avoid the damn windows updates..
I do agree to that but windows has definitely become better over the years with the updates.
The average size of a term paper (in docx format) is 7-10kb, A medium quality image (jpg or bmp) is about 200kb (you cannot use larger images for school or work). For documents and basic images , 16GB is huge. Maybe use an actual chromebook for the tasks you described and you'll see why they are just fine. You're reviewing a product you've never even used.
Im in Deltona :)
If you think about it and they don’t expensive for the hardware and you get because you get like a 10-year-old processor I wanna even worse at 20-year-old processor and there they are definitely more than they are worth and the ads are so misleading that they actually make me want to buy a Chromebook less than I did before
For sure I know Windows is not the best thing ever, but considering everything... I stick to Windows.
I didn’t even want to buy one. Until my school forced us to use one
I totally disagree with this video. Every point that it is trying to make does not hold and can be easily proven wrong. I've been using "only" a Chromebook for over a year for business and I find it way better than any Windows PC outhere. For school, I highly recommend the Chromebook over any Windows PC. Google is the only company that has succeeded in making a computer that truly competes with Microsoft. Let's not talk about Apple here, since they're at another level and kind of pricey. The Chromebook is born with and for the cloud. It's an amazing machine, way more secure than a Windows PC, unless you have a cybersecurity geek to support you and your Windows PC. I recommend it to anyone who's fed up with Microsoft's approach to computing and wants to be productive instead of playing around with configurations. After spending decades with the blue screen of death and Microsoft's techy OS, endless updates, constant vulnerabilies and poor performance, I feel liberated with my Chromebook. Don't get me wrong, I'm bashing Microsoft here, but I still love them. :-)
I don't disagree with you and I don't 100% agree with the video either. I have been using CB's for close to 8 years and have ran an entire company on them. But, I agree if you are in an area with not so good internet and you need to off load information and content then CB's really aren't the best solution. Trust me I even do my RUclips video editing on mine which would be is no dice when I have no internet. I pay $30 a month just for a backup T-Mobile hotspot incase my Spectrum is down.
Chromebooks are good for school if you don't need any programs.
Do not get a chrome book. I bought one specifically for an online college course and it’s terrible
I have gotten so sick of my school chromebook that im getting my own windows laptop for christmas, thats how bad they are
I would love to know which laptop you ended up getting. Will is its primary use still be for school?
@@MikeLikesThat i got the dell inspirion 15 3000 touchscreen. It works pretty well, and i will primarily use it for school, but it works for light gaming too
It also has a 256gb SSD, so that "boots up as fast as 6 seconds" for chromebooks is laughable
I'm glad to hear you're enjoying your new laptop and that it is faster than a Chromebook LOL. I would also recommend to upgrade your laptop to 8 gigs of RAM, if it isn't. Some windows laptops still come with 4 or 6 but 8 is the sweet spot.
@@MikeLikesThat yeah i have 12 (around 10 usable) i cant imagine going back to 4, as my old one from 2012 has 4gb and some old intel processor. Took like 5 minutes to boot up and another 3 to start up the web browser lol.
I have one chromebooks. But I also have gaming PC. Chromebooks is better when you using streaming music/movie. But chromebook is sucks when you play game and it's horrible.
An iPad is ideal for school believe it or not
U underated
watching on my chromebook...
i think alot of your points are made out of ignorance of what a chromebook is.
Could be, I don't own one... but I also know it is not a product for me. It can be a good product for some, but it is just not a product I will ever recommend.
@@MikeLikesThat Then how would you know? I've been strictly Chromebook for about 10 years.. and I've owned about 5. I owned 2 that was a browser only, (when they were first released ) and I bought 3 of the latest mid-level Chromebooks in the last several years when they added Android and Linux apps and the 2 in one form factor. I would never go back to Windows, nor would I even consider Macs. i
f you wanted a fast, computer with no security issues, and a great deal of software, (actually more than Windows). Chromebooks are a great bet.
A Chromebook has flexibility, lasts about 10 hours on a charge, is invulnerable to viruses and ransomware, and can last almost forever without slowing down, there is no better computer.
Everything you stated right there is my issue. I have a phone that can do exactly that. For me personally, why would I buy a "laptop" that does that same thing and nothing more?
I've had a Windows RT tablet before and it felt so locked down I couldn't do anything except for only use the apps from the Microsoft store. Based on your description it sounds very similar to that. The only thing is going for RT at the time was also that it was more "fast" and more "secure".
If that is all you need then that is fine there is no need to debate something based on user use. Again, like I said, it can be a good product based on your needs. Chromebooks are made for "users" not "creators". To me students fall into the "creators" category. The main topic of this video was to discuss a Chromebook from a student use standpoint. The target point of a chromebook is that you can buy a cheep laptop for school. Most families in my area barely have a budget for a $300 laptop and needed a laptop due to covid. My goal is to make sure every dollar you spend gives you the best capabilities for the tech you buy. To me Windows offers a lot more than ChromeOS. If you have the money to buy a laptop every two years more to you. But most people who ask me questions about laptops are not in the same situation as you.
For my business I need to run the full version of adobe products and also be as reliable as possible (even though adobe software is buggy to start with). I also love to play games on the side. Google does have the streaming platform Stadia which works "okay" for now. Stadia is reliant on your internet connection speed. For most of america they opt to pay for the cheapest speed or still do not even have access to a high enough speed. For these two major reasons I will not be able to buy a Chromebook
I also agree with never going with a Mac, based from a repairability standpoint.
Just out of curiosity why have you bought a new Chromebook just about every two years?
@@MikeLikesThat Again, a lot of your points you made are out of pure ignorance; you've already admitted you've never owned a Chromebook.
Chromebooks were so inexpensive and evolved so quickly, I always purchased the newest type of Chromebook when they became available.
2 of the Chromebooks I have purchased, were presents. I gave them away as a newer more powerful Chromebook came out My first 2 Chromebooks were browser only. I still own one. although I barely use it. Then when they were available with Android and Linux apps I bought 2 more, one I gave to my parents.
The last one I purchased was when they came out with a more powerful Chromebook (an Acer spin 13) with an i5 processor, 8 GB of ram, 256 GB MMC Hard drive, and the 2 in one form factor where the screen rotated 360 degrees and could be used as a tablet, 'tent' mode and various other modes. I am a gamer, and Chromebooks now support Steam, Geforce Now, Stadia, and of course Android Games, so i wanted a more powerful Chromebook to handle the gameplay. I just bought a HP X360 14CT online on Black Friday. its another i5 8GB of RAM and 256 GB MMC with a 14" display, that sold for $700, but was on sale for $400. I bought it, literally as a spare laptop.
While you are probably right, most things can be done on a phone.. I, for one like doing things on a 14" screen with a full keyboard, and a trackpad, instead of my tiny phone. So sue me. The same can be said for your Windows machine.
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Why not... get a Mac? Apple's new M1/M2 Macs are too good.
Money bruh
Chrome is a joke