As far as I'm concerned, if they don't have SSDs they aren't in the same class as chromebooks. SSDs are what have made cheap, low-powered laptops feel fast for

As far as I'm concerned, if they don't have SSDs they aren't in the same class as chromebooks. SSDs are what have made cheap, low-powered laptops feel fast for basic, non-CPU intensive use. The chromebook model is to make up for the limited capacity with online storage, which has only recently become workable for many uses. The cloud model also lets chromebooks be literally disposable in a way that most computers can't; if it fries you can just grab another, sign in, and it's just as if you were using the old one since all your data is stored remotely anyway.