Skip to main content

Should You Get a Chromebook Or a Windows Laptop?

Before reading this blog post, I recommend reading "The Pros and Cons of Using a Chromebook", which is figuring out the pros and cons based on my experience of using both! But now, I will look at it in more detail, and try to figure out what is best for most people, and find what computer is best for you based on what purpose you use it for! Please note that I can't choose one choice for everybody. So, first, let's look at home use. What if you just use your computer for watching TV shows and movies at night? Well, a Windows laptop would be overkill for what you are doing with your computer! If that's all you do, just buy a budget detachable Chromebook! Currently, your best option is a Lenovo Chromebook Duet with 64 gigabytes for $279 dollars! It unlaptops into a tablet, so you can always laptop it and do the occasional work-in-bed! Now, what if you play games a lot? Well, a Windows laptop is the best option, as Chromebook gaming isn't that popular with game developers. But what if you do lots of virtual machines (running an operating system on an operating system)? While, Windows laptops, because Chromebooks are so restricted that you have to put them in developer mode to do any virtual machines at all! But what if you do coding? While, it depends. 
The following programming languages work on Chromebooks perfectly:
  • Scratch
  • HTML/CSS/JavaScript
  • Python
  • PHP
The following programming languages work on Chromebooks, but are not the best:
  • C
  • C++
  • Kotlin (Android Studio)
  • Java
If your programming language is not on the list, you should get a Windows laptop. If it is, you can get a Chromebook or Windows laptop, but you should get a Windows laptop just in case you decide to try new programming languages that don't work. Now, some people will not agree with this, but if you want to use Office at all, get a Windows laptop, and ignore everything I have said before this. Now, let's look at business. Most businesses should get Windows laptops, because of Office and compatibility. But if you are a new business, you should still choose Windows laptops because of how useful Office is, and if some other business gives you a Word document with a contract in it! Word documents are usually finicky in other office software. But, based on this, most people should get a Windows laptop!

Labels

Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

What is the Wayback Machine?

Have you ever seen this on your computer? That is the Wayback Machine! Here's a example of using it: Your teacher asks you to get the oldest version of the PBS Kids website. But you don't know how! So, you type in https://pbskids.org into the first text box, go to it from October 13, 1999, and there! Slideshow below: (P.S. I can't get to it from then) Now, where is the Wayback Machine? It's at web.archive.org !
2 comments
Read more

My New Computer (Acer Spin 3)

  So recently I got a new computer. So what are the differences? While, this laptop is a Windows laptop, which is new for me. This computer is an Acer Spin convertible, specifically an Acer Spin 3. One thing that this laptop has compared to my previous Chromebooks is that it has a Caps Lock key. So what is in this laptop? This has an Intel Iris Plus graphics card paired with an Intel Core i5 10th Gen processor, along with 8 gigabytes of RAM (memory) and 512 gigabytes of storage. WAY more than I need. So should you get it? Yes. Now, when should you get it? Your choice. You can get it now, or get it when it is not an outside vendor. And I forgot to say, it comes with a stylus. So how many stars do I rate it? 5 stars. And there is also a backlit keyboard, but you can turn that on or off with the F8 key. And you will need to turn it on to turn it off. But overall, the Acer Spin 3 is a good laptop. I recommend this laptop to anyone who needs a good Windows laptop. To actu...
Post a Comment
Read more