The bottleneck is usually RAM. It looks like his device has 4GB, which is similar to what a cell phone has. It doesn't take much manufacturer-supplied bloatwa

The bottleneck is usually RAM. It looks like his device has 4GB, which is similar to what a cell phone has. It doesn't take much manufacturer-supplied bloatware, bad drivers, or background processes to use up that much RAM but a Chromebook is just the kernel and Chrome, so you get a lot of bang for your buck.