Re: Apples and oranges
you made me consider what fruit equivalents we could use for Micros~1 and for Google since "Apple" is already taken...
I guess Micros~1 is a banana and Google is a pineapple. Or maybe the other way around. Ouch.
I have yet to purchase a chromebook but the potential of 'just putting linux on it' makes it a worth-while gamble, as long as the screen is big enough. Or maybe, like an inexpensive 'droid slab (i have one 'o those), it becomes "fit for purpose" when used as intended. After reading stuff here, that last part is probably most correct.
/me needs coffee now