Because Chromebooks are zero administration, and easily replaceable. Having set up my Mac OS X environment for the umpteenth time, and wrestled with wireless ba

Because Chromebooks are zero administration, and easily replaceable. Having set up my Mac OS X environment for the umpteenth time, and wrestled with wireless backups flaking out again, Chrome OS is the new "it just works". And if your laptop gets squashed by a steam roller, you buy another one, and you're back where you were. Of course, what the article is describing means that you are back to admin hell again, which I don't advocate at all. Googlers use a Chrome Remote Desktop to get work done on a Chromebook, which helps, but of course, requires someone else to punt off the sysadmin, otherwise it's your problem again, just one step removed. I wouldn't purchase a Chromebook as a primary development environment. I would purchase it as a home machine if I already have a work machine.