For Chromebooks that's a problem, but if I'm not mistaken, the "cloudbook" moniker is meant for Windows Laptops with Chromebook-like hardware(though the name ma

For Chromebooks that's a problem, but if I'm not mistaken, the "cloudbook" moniker is meant for Windows Laptops with Chromebook-like hardware(though the name may cover Chromebooks too, I'm not sure). In those cases, They're perfectly usable standalone, they just have anemic storage and give you A year or two trial to Microsoft, and maybe other, cloud services. But they're not tied to it as much as Chromebooks.