I am a bit surprised by this. Why did this happen? Let's consider som possible explanations:<p>* Schools: School laptops were already a thing, I don't see how pandemic can significantly change those numbers.<p>* Price: Chromebooks are now much more expensive. And there are more cheap windows laptops now.<p>* Ease of use: Maybe this is tech savvy people buying laptops for their grandparents so they can keep in touch?<p>I don't know the answer. But as much as I hate recommending google products, chromeos is now a really good option for a lot of people.
Have a brand new Pixelbook Go i5-16gb and as I lurk on HN to try to find some light about my purchase and whether I made the right move; I just found that light!
Bought my chromebook three years ago and it was rock solid until about a year ago when suddenly the updates became irritatingly unstable. The bluetooth mouse stopped working. Wouldn't recover from sleep properly, among other stuff. Seems to be working just at the moment but I feel like I'm walking on egg shells every time there's an OS update.