"The Medway Handyman" wrote in message
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On 01/05/2015 21:45, 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.

??????

Not so. One of the reasons I'm considering Chrome Book is the much lower
price. You can buy cheap windows laptops but the spec is low

But quite adequate for what you want to do.

& you have to pay extra for word, excel etc.

Not if you are going to use the equivalent with your chromebook,
you can do that for free on you windows laptop too.

The main downside for you with a chromebook is that they mostly
only do the word and excel type stuff when connected to the internet.

With a windows laptop you don’t have to be connected
to the internet to be able to try some possibilities on you
spreadsheet when discussing your quote with a client etc.