Home users aren't the target audience which is some of the confusion. And probably not developers either even if the capabilities suit many web/linux types. The

Home users aren't the target audience which is some of the confusion. And probably not developers either even if the capabilities suit many web/linux types. There likely aren't enough to make serious money. People mainly see chromebooks in retail and think of them as cheap gifts for the grandparents so they don't have to do computer support and that is missing the bigger picture. What they may not have seen is the truck loads of chromebooks being sold to schools where low maintenance and security are as valuable as the price. The high end Chromebooks for Work are part of a push into the enterprise market. Chromebooks have a decent security model. The storage is encrypted. The os is signed. The system processes run in jails where possible and the browser processes are sandboxed. You don't have to worry about someone picking up some media on the street and plugging it in and installing a keylogger. Combine that with extreme portability and low maintenance costs and if you are the sort of org that can move a lot of things to the cloud or remote sessions then there is likely a business case for them. I guess we will have to wait and see. Back in 2014 there were stories that Woolworths, the biggest Australian retailer, was rolling out 8000 Chrome OS devices. That is the sort of market these higher spec devices will be targeting.