should your laptop be a Chromebook? They are extremely good value laptops running on Google’s Chrome operating system, and although designed to run when connected to the internet, most of the essential apps you’ll need also work offline. For working with documents, using the internet, sending emails, the apps on the Chrome OS platform perform just like traditional PC software – so do you really need Office when Google Docs will do?
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