> What happens when a Chromebook (...) breaks? You throw it away (or better, sell for $20 "for parts only" on craiglist/ebay), then buy a new one. They are 3-5

> What happens when a Chromebook (...) breaks? You throw it away (or better, sell for $20 "for parts only" on craiglist/ebay), then buy a new one. They are 3-5 times cheaper than a regular laptop, and aren't all that much more prone to breakage. And all the important stuff is in the cloud anyway. "Backup" and "restore" aren't even distinct operations there. Don't expect to run Adobe Premiere on one of those, but hey, you get what you pay for.