While selling computers at Best Buy, I saw the Chromebook come in. Someone bought one and since it wasn't a "real" computer, brought it back. I picked it up at a discount (I still have it, but it doesn't work anymore). After getting used to it I liked it. After a lifetime of working with all types of computers (Mainframes, minis, card deck, paper tape,etc.) I found it very easy to use. The operating system (OS) is locked down in such a way (it is based on a version of Linux) that you cannot get a virus. Each time you start it up, it checks if your operation system is the same as they left you with. If not, they load the latest OS. Updates are automatic (but not intrusive). I turned my old Windows 7 PC into a Linux Mint rocket. I use the Chromebook 99% of the time, but there are times Linux can do something the Chromebook can not.
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