I have loved for a long time both ChromeOS as a laptop operating system, and Chromebook as a laptop hardware platform, but always had reason to keep something else around. Discovered it can do USB serial without an extension... Very happy now!
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You must hate your fingers so much.
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Compared to the MacBook Pro I had for work 2017-2019 the keyboard is amazing. I still have a desktop Linux machine, but for a laptop, I don't think I've ever had a "bad" Chromebook keyboard. YMMV?
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I've never had a chromebook which didn't make my fingers hurt. Ditto macbooks though, so that comparison is basically worthless to me :D I guess that they might be better than a mac, but I've never used either long enough to know if the how the levels of pain and horror relate.
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I don't use it as a primary machine so not really a consideration. But very valid for those that do!
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Replying to @dotwaffle
My laptop is my primary machine, so much so that my desktop (gaming machine) has a USB keyboard which matches my laptop so that my finger memory doesn't get broken :D

Feb 11, 2020 ยท 9:16 AM UTC

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Replying to @dsilverstone
Heh, getting used to keyboard layouts for UK, US (AU uses that) and the Apple version of UK leads to much annoyance. Not so much for @ and " but absolutely for ~ \ and ` and the size of the return key!
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I'd die. Then again, I'd just say "I need a thinkpad with a UK layout, or I won't use the computer" :D
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