I wanted to not like Chromebooks as someone who either uses a Linux or Mac laptop, but honestly it’s great. If you’re looking for a cheap notebook to be able t

I wanted to not like Chromebooks as someone who either uses a Linux or Mac laptop, but honestly it’s great. If you’re looking for a cheap notebook to be able to do most dev on go for it. I just developed and deployed a Rails website this evening on my 100$ Chromebook. Everything just worked. That being said, if you want to spend as much as an Air. You might as well get the Air. I think Google gives you a choice to get a Chromebook as your main dev laptop, so it is capable, but anything you can do on a Chromebook you will be able to do on a Mac. If I had a choice between a Chromebook or a Windows computer I would choose chrome, unless it was a gaming pc, then I would then choose Linux.