Chromebooks are great for school students, college kids, and those that primarily work on the web. They mostly come with substantially less powerful internal components as compared to Windows and MacOS based laptops, but there’s a reason for that – everything happens on the web, meaning your laptop's components don’t have to stress much. The performance largely depends on browser optimization. These laptops run Chrome OS, a browser based operating system optimized for online workloads. If you find the concept appealing, here are a few you may consider.
This is a chromebook which is quite a good pick for students and online professionals. It has a compact 11.6-inch touchscreen display, 2-in-1 functionality and long-lasting battery life. If you’ve got a network connection wherever you go, this laptop will be great on the go productivity partner. You can run all kinds of creative as well as professional applications which can be accessed online. The best part is that the device can be used in various orientations, making it a highly versatile pick.
This Chromebook is a 2-in-1 touchscreen laptop, which makes it a great pick for students, professionals and creatives too. The Intel Core i3 processor is good enough to easily run Chrome OS and open a whole host of tabs, each for a different use case. The laptop also has a nice port selection, which means you don’t miss out on the external device capabilities of a Windows laptop. The keyboard is spaciously laid out and gives a fast typing speed. Not just that, the Bang & Olufsen speakers should lend extra clarity and detail to audio.
Looking for a large laptop that also doubles as a tablet? This laptop has a 14-inch screen with thin bezels, a 2-in-1 form factor and support for touch inputs. The touch input addition is really good as it allows you to make full use of Chromium-based apps, which are also built to work with touch. The laptop’s Core M3 processor is great for mobile productivity and helps keep you productive and connected to the network even on the go. The laptop has a great set of input/output ports, which help enhance productivity and let you plug in external devices and peripherals as you like.
Are you on a budget, and looking for a Chromebook that can keep up with your online requirements? This is the right pick for you. It packs in a 14-inch screen, much like most laptops in the Windows market, and gives you a lot more screen real estate to work with, especially if you work with Google Sheets or Docs. The keyboard is backlit, well-spaced out, and offers a nice typing experience. The large display also helps you enjoy movies and similar content and also comes in handy when doing creative tasks. The slight drawback is that it only comes with 32GB of eMMC storage, but since you’d be mostly working on the web, it perhaps would be possible to make ends meet.