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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.