I've been using a chromebook for about 10 years. It uses the cloud (15GB free) for storage. I've imported Word Docs and Excel Sheets and saved them in the Google format for editing and then saved them back to Word (or Excel) to someone on Windows. I use the Chromebook for 99% of my computing needs. You can read and write to USB, like on a PC.
That being said, I also converted my old PCs to Linux Mint and would never go back to Windows. There are thousands of programs for Linux that are very similar to Windows programs, but require a little learning curve.
The new high end Chromebooks will allow you to load Linux (mine is a little to old, which is why I converted my old PCs)
If you would like to see a Chromebook (or Linux) in use, I'll be at the Connected Villager workshop tomorrow (1 pm Dec 2nd) at the Eisenhower Rec Center. you will need a village ID.
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