[Earth]

I been thinking about getting a Chrome Book, I heard that Chrome OS will soon be compatible with Android apps, can anybody confirm this?.

I want something more portable to bring around in the car, to just do normal computing on and so far the specs and options Chrome OS provides seems to be sufficient enough.

My laptop is 17" its nearly 10lbs its not really portable.

So any opinions?

[Skryptec]

Nope, don't do it. Go for a Windows and NOT a Mac or whatever.

[OversouL]

Chrome OS is built for office work and browsing the internet. Also I don't think you can't do much with it without constant internet. I dunno tho, haven't seen one in person before. You should go watch reviews about it if you're not sure.

[Shebang]

Chrome OS has officially supported running Android apps since April this year. It's up to the developers to port them over. Also, a lot of the applications for Chrome OS are available offline (examples here). The ASUS C300 and Toshiba Chromebook 2 are both well-built and decently well off with specs, and pretty light. Both use Intel's new Trail-Bay processors, have 4GB RAM models and have either 16GB or 32GB (C300 only) of storage, which when considering how light the OS is, is plenty. They both sell for about $300 US.

If, however, you want full Windows in a portable machine, grab a used Surface with a type cover (older models go for ~$500). A brand new SP4 w/ cover will run you somewhere in the $1k range.

[Earth]

Nope, don't do it. Go for a Windows and NOT a Mac or whatever.

Well if you got $300+ to buy me a Windows laptop then cool but I ain't going over $180.

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Chrome OS has officially supported running Android apps since April this year. It's up to the developers to port them over. Also, a lot of the applications for Chrome OS are available offline (examples here). The ASUS C300 and Toshiba Chromebook 2 are both well-built and decently well off with specs, and pretty light. Both use Intel's new Trail-Bay processors, have 4GB RAM models and have either 16GB or 32GB (C300 only) of storage, which when considering how light the OS is, is plenty. They both sell for about $300 US.

If, however, you want full Windows in a portable machine, grab a used Surface with a type cover (older models go for ~$500). A brand new SP4 w/ cover will run you somewhere in the $1k range.

I would really just keep my current laptop for Windows things, I mainly want the Chrome OS for portability and being able to browse, Does Chrome OS use play store? or is it another store now?.

I don't want to go over $180.

[Shebang]

Well if you got $300+ to buy me a Windows laptop then cool but I ain't going over $180.

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I would really just keep my current laptop for Windows things, I mainly want the Chrome OS for portability and being able to browse, Does Chrome OS use play store? or is it another store now?.

I don't want to go over $180.

Chrome OS uses the Chrome Web store.

For $180, check out the ASUS C201. I think it's the only Chromebook that falls into that price range.

[Alex]

Just don't bother buying a new laptop for 180 dollars. Buy something used in good condition.

[Earth]

Just don't bother buying a new laptop for 180 dollars. Buy something used in good condition.

I don't want used products, I am interested in Chrome OS and after reading that android apps are compatible it makes me want it even more.

I have a laptop for laptop tasks, I want something more portable, smaller, compact, long battery life. Chrome OS is simple enough for the tasks i want a small portable laptop for after finding the information out.

[nul]

I used the Chrome Operating System at school on a chrome book before, and I honestly don't like it at all. I would not recommend it, and would go with another operating system such as Windows, Unix or Linux.

[Penis]

If you absolutely must then it's an okay box, i'd get something preowned though, keep in mind unless you mess w/ the bootloader you can't run native *nix on it, this has gotten considerably harder iirc, you can still use a chroot though