Once I started using it I noticed I can’t use microsoft word to resumes or listen to music on Itunes.
So I am looking to replace this laptop in a few months and wanted to get some suggestions on what brand laptop I should focus on like hp or toshiba
Thanks
I love my Chromebook, but no, it cannot be used to for Word or Itunes. GoogleDocss and GooglePlay, yes. It sounds like you purchased a Chromebook expecting it to be a Windows device, and it’s not. I have Linux running side by side with the Chrome OS, so it’s dual purpose for me.
To answer your question, I like HPs and Asus, and I don’t like Toshibas or Dells. But it sounds like maybe some research is in order?
Instead of a Chromebook, which is a 'net device, you probably should have gotten a Surface Pro, which does run MS Office.
You can do word with some minor finagling.
Same with your music collection
You can get deals on lower spec’d HPs and Toshibas as low as 250ish any given week on sale at Staples and Best Buy after rebates.
Yeah a lot of people seems to mention hp brand so I will do some research. And I tried Google Docs and didn’t like it too much so I decided to just use the MS office at my job.
Thanks, I just pulled a image of a surface pro and will add that to my list of decisions.
I actually have done that with the music collection but I didn’t like it as much as itunes. Thanks for the tip
I’m a very satisfied user of a Chromebook, but it’s important to understand what they can and can’t do. I saw one reviewer describing this as seeing the doughnut and not the hole).
For web-based tasks they’re great, but as you’ve discovered, you can’t install the same wide array of software as you can on Windows or Mac computers.
The web-based version of Microsoft Office has a decent set of features. You don’t actually need to install the Chrome extension; if you have a Microsoft account, you can simply load the relevant web page and it will work.
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Yes it does allow me to enjoy my time on the internet when it comes to chatting and music and videos but I just don’t think it has the qualities to be the main laptop for accessing the web. But it’s not like it’s so bad I need to buy a new laptop tomorrow just that I would like to upgrade in the future.
Speaking of getting good deals, we’re just about into back-to-school sales. If you can’t find good deals already, just wait a couple of weeks before you buy.
I’m not sure what to recommend, since we don’t have a lot of information about your needs or budget, but laptops that can handle basic office productivity tasks are dirt cheap these days - $500 would be a generous budget unless you need gaming or multimedia editing.
are you joking? my laptop that runs Windows cost around $120. I mostly use my Chromebook for everything except Word and Excel. Love the thing. Never crashes, never suddenly updates itself without warning, fast, tiny, and highly portable. Really it’s only drawback is you can’t run Word and Excel on it but it’s word processing function actually works quite well for short simple documents.
I don’t think a chromebook can be beat for just farting around on the intenetz 
Don’t forget Itunes
Most of us try to forget iTunes on a daily basis ;).
(Emphasis mine) Actually, unless you’ve messed with the settings somehow, your Chromebook does update itself all the time without asking. It just does it right.
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I don’t have a recommendation, but wanted to say that I love my Chromebook. It’s getting old now and I fear it’s not much longer for this world. If I have it turned on for too long, everything freezes, then I get a black screen with thin little red lines and have to push the power button to restart it. Something tells me that’s not good. But, I’d get another Chromebook in a heartbeat. Love it for surfing the 'net and watching online TV and movies.
It’s definitely good for those 3 things you mentioned, surfing the web, watching videos, and TV/movies
Since you actually like iTunes, you should also look into a MacBook Air or iPad.
Glad you like iTunes*.
But you’ll pay for it. Just got the wife a laptop, and paid that “Mac Tax”…ouch!
But, she loves her MBPro, my daughter loves her New MacBook (with ONE port? You crazy, girl?) and I’m typing this on my decade-old MacBook that’s had zero issues.
*Wow, sometimes I feel like I’m the only one here – iTunes has “just plain worked” for our family (diverse ages/tastes/functions). Just this morning I had a friend ask “Want to grab breakfast? And hey, got any Alison Krauss?” and within ten minutes I’d made a Smart Playlist full of her live stuff, her gospel album and her album with Robert Plant. Burned it to a disk AND simultaneously printed out a cool cover for it (mosaic of the covers, listing all the tracks on the back).
Install Linux on the ChromeBook and then use LibreOffice for your word documents.