Of course, ask a half-dozen people about this subject and you'll get 6
different responses...

Between myself, my wife, my daughter, family, friends, we've had at least 8
CBs.�� None have failed.�� My wife is still using (and loving) the 2015 Pixel
LS CB I got 5 years ago.�� Not even the battery has degraded.

My daughter used one CB for her entire undergrad program.�� (I offered to get
her a "real laptop" before she started as a Freshman, but she insisted she
wanted a CB).�� The only thing I needed to do was add Eclipse and the Java
JDK to it for one of her classes.�� (The programming nerds in her class were
impressed that she was developing Java on a CB.)

For graduation, I upgraded her to a Pixelbook CB.�� I rebuilt her original CB
with GalliumOS -- a Linux distro optimized to run CB hardware.�� It's still
running...

Chromebooks run Android, Linux, Chrome apps, Windows apps...�� All except Mac
apps.

First-world problems indeed...�� And mostly a religious issue.�� I'm fine if
you use Apple products.�� But I haven't a solution to suggest in that case!

For the record, I have a Pixelbook (the photo), but I also have a DIY tower
and a Dell 7710.�� The CB gives me portability + Pharo.

(If you do go back to a CB, just be sure you check the specs: Intel CPU
only, and be sure it can run "Crostini" so you get Linux containers.)



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