# Anyone use a Chromebook? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 19, 2015, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-use-a-chromebook/720361 "2015-05-19T13:33:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2018, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-use-a-chromebook/720361/21 "2018-08-19T19:04:20Z")
anyone else using one now and have an opinion ? ---
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2018, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-use-a-chromebook/720361/22 "2018-08-19T21:59:12Z")
I have my second one now and like it just as well. Now and then I have to use windows somewhere and can’t believe how slow it is. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2018, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-use-a-chromebook/720361/23 "2018-08-19T22:55:00Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > anyone else using one now and have an opinion ? I used one for a year, just ended 6 weeks ago, while I was working on a project where the email and all the documents were Google based. It worked fine, but the small form factor made it a bit slow to touch type with my big fat fingers. Also I found it annoying that the one I had didn’t have a “Delete” button, you had to move the cursor behind the character(s) you wanted to delete, and then Backspace. Or highlight and backspace them all at one go. I don’t know if all Chromebooks have that configuration. The small screen was another relatively minor annoyance. But it was a lot lighter and easier to carry around than any laptop I would have been happy with. So it was a tradeoff, but worth the $200 I paid for it. I didn’t need it or want it after the project was finished, so I gave it away to a worthy cause. ---
**Author:** ![KMS94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ad7895/32.png) [@KMS94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KMS94)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2018, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-use-a-chromebook/720361/24 "2018-08-20T00:39:14Z")
Our family has three Chromebooks and one Chrome box. The Chrome box is hooked to a 55" tv, with a full size wireless keyboard and mouse. I have Windows machines at the office for any programs that need running, but for general internet surfing stuff at home, the chromebooks and box are great. ---
**Author:** ![erysichthon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d07c76/32.png) [@erysichthon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erysichthon)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2018, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-use-a-chromebook/720361/25 "2018-08-21T02:25:45Z")
I have an older Chromebook (purchased in 2012). I recently learned that Google [considers Chromebooks older than five years to be obsolete](https://www.pcworld.com/article/3109868/laptop-computers/why-google-plans-to-stop-supporting-your-chromebook-after-five-years.html), and will not guarantee updates beyond the model’s “end of life” date (the official list of models and expiration dates is [here](https://support.google.com/chrome/a/answer/6220366?hl=en)). I liked my Chromebook, and it worked amazingly well up until a couple of months ago. Recently, however, it’s become a huge PITA to use; I can hardly go five minutes without a freeze or a spontaneous shutdown/restart. My ten-year-old Dell laptop, by contrast, still works fine (although I had to replace the hard drive a couple of years ago). I had been planning to get one of the larger Chromebooks when my Dell died, but I’m rethinking that now. Arguably, five years of use for the money I paid wasn’t a bad deal, but I didn’t expect it to go downhill quite this abruptly. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2018, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-use-a-chromebook/720361/26 "2018-08-21T11:37:03Z")
> [@erysichthon](#): > > I liked my Chromebook, and it worked amazingly well up until a couple of months ago. Recently, however, it’s become a huge PITA to use; I can hardly go five minutes without a freeze or a spontaneous shutdown/restart. Overheating often causes those problems. And overheating is often caused by dust buildup. Try canned air to blow it out of any vent holes. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-use-a-chromebook/720361.md?page=1)