Why the Chromebook is the Best Laptop for College!

By Bentic Sebastian on August 12, 2014

At the end of the last semester, my laptop was starting to sputter. I knew it was time for me to look for a new one. Computers have gone through a great transformation in a span of about 50 years. Very recently, a new breed of computers have emerged. These are the Chromebooks.

Chromebooks are special laptops which run an operating system that uses the Google Chrome browser as a user interface. In essence, this means that the laptop acts as one big web browser. Here is why Chromebooks are the best option for a college student:

1. They are cheap!

At $199, Chromebooks are one of the most affordable laptops available today. Who doesn’t want to save money for more important things like clothes and food anyways?

(david-vh-ellis,huffington post)

2. They are portable

The majority of a college student’s time is spent travelling between office hours and the coffee shop. Chromebooks are so compact that they are about the width of an A4 sized piece of paper! And they are also much lighter than normal laptops.

(wired.com)

3.They have a 7 second boot time!

Ever wanted to send a quick email, but found yourself waiting for your laptop to boot up? Since the Chromebook is technically a much simpler machine than a laptop filled with software, it only needs a short time to boot up and save college students their precious minutes!

(gfbay.com)

Although the Chromebook has a disadvantage with not having inbuilt storage, you can purchase Chromebooks, such as the Acer c720, with an inbuilt storage of 32GB in addition to 100GB of space on Google Drive. The apps are diverse, and the keyboard is rapid and comfortable to use.

So if you want a laptop that is not too expensive, that is portable and yet fast enough to get stuff done, the chromebook might be the right choice for you.

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