That's not a fault of Chromebooks themselves but the ARM CPU. Except for Apple, no one can pull off desktop class ARM right now. The Pixelbook and the Chromebo

That's not a fault of Chromebooks themselves but the ARM CPU. Except for Apple, no one can pull off desktop class ARM right now. The Pixelbook and the Chromebook Pixels before that have excellent performance for developers. I'm sure a Chromebook Pro would have been a good choice for a workhorse as well.