[alterom]

>But I guess "normal computer" means "windows" to you

Normal computer means a choice of OS to run on it without having to hack it to do that job.

Chromebooks aren't sold as general-purpose computing devices. They aren't "normal computers" in the same sense that cell phones aren't.

>which (especially given the forum you posted on!) is a little surprising.

I'm a CAD developer and user. I need Windows for my work.

I would hope that this forum includes people who are in touch with the real world.

[ajross]

You're losing me. Your first reply says "A computer that meets my needs must provide a choice of OSes", your second says "A computer that meets my needs must run one specific OS". To be blunt: your reasoning here is simply bunk and I don't understand it.

If you must use windows, then you must use windows and you don't have a choice. None of that has anything to do with the nonsense about Chromebooks not being "real computers" or whatever, that's just the rationalization you've decided on. Obviously they are real computers.

[Dylan16807]

> Normal computer means a choice of OS to run on it without having to hack it to do that job.

That's too high a standard. When we consider MacOS along with Windows and Linux, there are basically no computers that let you freely choose between all three without hacks.

And even just considering Windows and Linux, a big chunk of the laptop market only supports Windows properly.

A laptop that runs any normal desktop OS is a normal computer.