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I'm currently on the fence about Chromebooks. The killer feature that's missing is good development tools, but I can get a decent laptop or a good mini PC and a Chromebook for the same amount, but as far as I know there's not a good solution for local dev.

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I agree that at prices that are close to $1k, I'm not sure if Chromebooks make a lot of sense. I see the value of it for K-12 students when everything is done in Google Suites and the price is closer to the $500 range.

Linux on ChromeOS is basically as capable as WSL now: https://chromeos.dev/en/linux

Although I would definitely prefer macOS or Windows + WSL (since I play a decent bit of games), ChromeOS is a lot more pleasant experience now than in the past.

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