Acer Chromebook 15: CB5-571
Never buy a chromebook, not even if you just want a laptop to install Linux on. Chromebooks stopped being good linuxboxes after 2015.
The ChromeOS is terrible. All chromebooks with ChromeOS are effectively nothing more than thin clients
for the Google supercomputer.
Everything you put on the "cloud" (which is the main way to store files on chromebooks) is no longer your data; it's Google's, seeing as the data is on
their computers. Same with every application you use. Google docs, Google slides, Google sheets, etc.
Do not trust Google. Google is literally evil.
If you do have a chromebook, and it was manufactured before 2016, considering switching to a
new computer or uninstalling ChromeOS and the BIOS and installing a Linux distro and Coreboot.
The reason why chromebooks are so cheap is because they offload all their computing onto Google's supercomputer (Google's network of servers), so they
don't need good hardware.
If you want a good, cheap laptop, buy an old thinkpad.
I have also replaced the factory 16GB ssd with a 500GB ssd.
For my website, I use epik.com for the domain name and vultr.com for the server.
I also have a Microsoft surface for whenever I need to use propreitary software for school (such as Zoom or MatLab).
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