Are Chromebooks a good choice for non-developers?

Chromebooks seem to have wide appeal, as you can tell from the very positive user ratings and reviews in Amazon’s list of bestselling Chromebooks. But one redditor wasn’t sure if a Chromebook was suitable for users who don’t know anything about open source or who aren’t developers.

Matthiastrek asked his question in the ChromeOS subreddit:

I’ve been lurking on r/chromeos for about a week. From what I can tell, it seems like the chromebook caters to developers who like to tinker with open source stuff. While I like the idea of a cheap, fast, lightweight laptop that is chiefly used for surfing the web and using online software like docs and spreadsheet, I am not a developer and as such don’t see myself using things like linux or ubuntu in the future.

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