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by maxsilver 4125 days ago
I often use the web on a 2GB Chromebook --https://play.google.com/store/devices/details?id=chromebook_...

I can have four or five tabs open without much struggle. Gmail, Google Drive, Spotify, Facebook, Wikipedia, all the typical stuff works. Thre's a built in SSH client that's nice. YouTube videos play at full speed, even via Flash, up to 720p.

Performance will pale in comparison to anyone's modern machine. But this still works fine for many common uses.

I expect these refurbished PC's would have similar performance, which isn't great -- but it's probably "good enough" to get the job done, even with a modern supposedly-bloated copy of Chrome or Firefox on it.