I don't mean to jump on you personally, but your question is typical of something I don't understand: why do so many people seem to want to do desktop-type thin

I don't mean to jump on you personally, but your question is typical of something I don't understand: why do so many people seem to want to do desktop-type things on ChromeOS? It's not meant for that kind of work, and there are plenty of other OSs that are.