[ricw]

Had similar thoughts until googling what the cheapest Chromebook on Amazon costs: $139.

I’d still get a Neo and for students it’s probably the right choice - chromebooks are just a browsers after all.

But pricing wise this laptop is a decade too late. The netbook of the day (chromebooks?) are just unbelievably cheap. Apple will still sell millions of these and keep on eating up market share.

[dannyw]

The amount of things you can do on a Chromebook vs macOS just doesn’t compare. Chromebooks are closer to tablets with an attached keyboard.

[sagarm]

Linux VMs are a first party supported feature on Chromebooks. They're far more capable than a tablet.