id actually argue that a chromebook is less a "PC" than a surface myself, while i see the point in the cheapo chromebooks as long battery life web browsers i do

id actually argue that a chromebook is less a "PC" than a surface myself, while i see the point in the cheapo chromebooks as long battery life web browsers i dont get the point of premium chromebooks like the pixel etc, why would you need an i5 or i7 to run apps that can comfortably run on CPUs of half that power not that im a fan of things like the surface either, i see why theyre useful for designers and such but to me a laptop needs a decent keyboard and the surface keyboard cover just isnt but maybe im just old fashioned as i dont even see the point of a non convertible laptop with a touchscreen, reaching over the keyboard to press something feels much more awkward and less intuitive than just using the touchpad personally id be tempted to just separate the markets by OS as that is likely the deciding factor before anything else, eg no matter how powerful the hardware you wouldnt buy a chromebook as a gaming machine as there arent the games for it. yes OsX may be more general purpose than ChromeOS but to me it still has a specific market, if youre buying a mac you either need it for a specific app or youre not doing anything particularly important (web browsing, document writing, video watching) and just want something fashionable (or youre used to the OS and dont want to change)