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I can’t imagine using ChromeOS for anything. I can barely use Chrome, and it has massive memory leaks/eats up my free memory. I wonder what memory leaks OS is l

• saagarjha 8y ago
  Chrome might be horrible on desktop, but it performs great when it’s the only thing running. Chromebooks are quite snappy for the amount of resources they generally have.
  • ams6110 8y ago
    I use a Chromebook as a mobile terminal in the data center. A nice thing about them is they are ready to use in a second or two after opening the cover. Booting up is phenomenally quick for a device that cost about $300.
    • saagarjha 8y ago
      I see an iPad with a keyboard doing decent for this instance as well.
  • zozbot123 8y ago
    > Chrome might be horrible on desktop, but it performs great when it’s the only thing running. Chromebooks are quite snappy for the amount of resources they generally have. Try comparing it with the obvious alternative - a lightweight Linux distro running on identical or roughly equivalent hardware - and you probably won't think of it as "snappy". Linux desktops can run absolutely fine on hardware from 10 years ago and sometimes more: "resources" are almost a non-issue these days. (And Linux distros are also about to get the sort of comprehensive touch-screen and small-screen support that iOS, Android and ChromeOS are usually known for, as a side effect of the ongoing work on "mobile" interfaces for the OS. Using a touch-screen-only device for productivity purposes will probably always be a challenge, but a high-quality OS and UX can absolutely make a difference.)