"charles" wrote in message
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In article om,
Dennis@home wrote:
On 01/05/2015 20:15, stuart noble wrote:

It does everything the vast majority of users need. Why they buy
Windows
machines or Macs is beyond me.


Maybe because windows laptops are cheaper and don't need an internet
connection.

They do if they need to connect to the outside world.

But they can be used independently of the internet
connection and use it only when they need to connect
to the outside world. Chromebooks generally can't.