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Originally Posted by cabmando

If you don't use the office suite, why are you going with a windows based device?? If my business software would run on Chrome OS, I'd switch in a hot second.

Chrome OS is a lightweight cloud based OS. I want a full OS that would function just fine even if I lost access to the cloud for a month. On top of that, while every big IT corp is working the big data angle, I do believe the Google and Facebook probably do it better than the rest (which is good for them and bad for the rest of us.

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

If you don't mind Google knowing every single thing you do on your computer, Chrome and cloud storage is great. I prefer to own my own photos and not just give everything to Google.

exactly

Personally I HATE cloud computing. I prefer to store my files on my equipment and not on someone else's computer. Just remember, Apple, Microsoft, the FBI and even the CIA have been hacked. Dozens if not hundreds of banks and other business have been hacked.

It all comes down to what fits your computing needs. My wife is 100% happy with just her iPad and my Apple print ready printer. She on occasion uses my Win 10 Pro laptop but that is rare.

I spend all day on my Win 10 pro system in a tower with a lot of processing power no laptop can touch. But I run a business and it is churning on a project right now, as I surf the web.

cloud may be OK for certain things, or nice to have as a backup, but I prefer to have my stuff, not be borrowing it from someone else.

Originally Posted by John Rogers

I guess I am a bit old fashioned but I don't really trust "the cloud" since I have NO idea where my files are, who sees them and how easily can I get them. Of course with "the cloud" you have to be connected to the internet or nothing can happen and there may be times when no network is available or I am in a shaky area or, or. So I tend to buy my PC for home use so I can disconnect if I want and the same with the last laptop I bought. I generally buy the "Pro" version of the operating system if it is Windows since Windows 10 works well at 64 bit version and make sure to get the most memory and fastest video system and if you get the laptop buy a 30 or 40 inch flat screen TV and run the computer via HDMI cable. It is much easier to see things with a big screen and they are cheap now. I would suggest a Logitech mouse with is much easier than the touch pad to work with.

Exactly. I want the PC to work whether it's got connectivity or not. I want to have my files. Being able to backup to the cloud may be OK, but that's a backup, not the primary.

I suspect that everything is 64-bit in Win 10, whether it's pro or home.