@theFunkDoctorSpoc
Chromebooks can be cheap and cheerful, but price is a little on the high side for a reason. The reason is that Google is marketing chromebooks to business, education, and public use markets primarily, and Chromebooks are engineered for that market rather than the consumer market.
Basically Chromebooks have better build quality because businesses and schools, and libraries won't buy flimsy cheap netbook type devices that can't handle rough use. They have full day battery life so they don't spend half the day recharging. They have non removable batteries so that kids can't walk off with them.
Hopefully we will see consumer Chromebook devices not long from now - hopefully ARM based.
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