Can someone give input about laptops please?

Hi Lotus,

Not had any experience with Chromebooks myself. But just to make sure you're aware, these will be running ChromeOS rather than Windows as the operating system - so Windows applications won't work on them.

Which won't be a problem if you're just wanting to use a Chrome browser / GMail / and Google Apps instead of Microsoft Office, etc. (though I would guess the online versions of Office apps would work).

They're really designed to allow you to access online applications rather than run applications locally on the device - https://support.google.com/chromebook/answer/3265094?hl=en provides a little more detail about ChromeOS if you're unfamiliar with it.

Hi Lotus,

Not had any experience with Chromebooks myself. But just to make sure you're aware, these will be running ChromeOS rather than Windows as the operating system - so Windows applications won't work on them.

Which won't be a problem if you're just wanting to use a Chrome browser / GMail / and Google Apps instead of Microsoft Office, etc. (though I would guess the online versions of Office apps would work).

They're really designed to allow you to access online applications rather than run applications locally on the device - https://support.google.com/chromebook/answer/3265094?hl=en provides a little more detail about ChromeOS if you're unfamiliar with it.

Yes, I understand that they are running Chrome OS rather than Windows. I do use simple spreadsheets, but I understand that Google Sheets will do all that I want without the cost of Microsoft Office. Thanks for replying.