Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

My husband is not "computer" oriented, and he only uses one for eMail, to read and print PDFs, to read the news and watch the occasional video. I have the "real" computer for bookkeeping, graphics and some other heavy lifting. His "laptop," as it were, was an inexpensive Windows model that couldn't be upgraded, except for security updates. It was cheap and he was happy. But it's slowed to a crawl. We've cleaned out files and unused apps, defragged, all the stuff, but it's reached its end time. As he has a Pixel phone, this Chromebook seemed a great way to sync his world in a way he couldn't easily do before (reminder, he's not computer savvy). And so far so good. Again, not computer savvy, so he didn't set up the Chromebook. But he COULD have, I think. It only took a few minutes, once signed in with his Google eMail, it understood all his needs and he was ready to go. If I would have given it up. I LOVE this thing! It's fast. It's quiet because it has a solid state drive. The speaker quality is great. The screen images are crisp. The touchpad is attentive. The standby battery life lasts for a week. It's lightweight. And it's pretty. You can't load many of the apps you'd expect. They aren't available in the Play Store. Facebook, Netflix, Hulu all have to be accessed through the web browser. That's fine, just go to the site once, sign in, then bookmark it to the favorites bar. Every time after, open browser, click, you're there. I was able to load Microsoft Word which my husband rarely uses, but just in case he needed it, why not. It's a mobile version of Word, not the full program, but it's pretty darned full. For anyone in your world who doesn't particularly like a tablet, but prefers something with a keyboard (without traveling with an extra keyboard to go with a tablet), this is a simple, inexpensive and elegant choice. I don't even need it and I want one for myself. But (sigh) it's time to turn it over to husband. I'll report back if we run into any problems, although I'm not anticipating any. It's a recommend for sure.