I tried using a Chromebook as my primary home machine (so browsing, plus remote access to my work Linux machine for work stuff like programming or fixing production issues, ansible, etc)... It worked great for 95% of things.
The remaining 5% were mostly small things EXCEPT for one: I'd occasionally like to do some video editing (cutting up work screen recordings, making youtube videos, family videos). And to solve that, I ended up getting my first Mac. It totally solves the video editing problem, even allowing me to make videos on a laptop rather than being tied to a desktop (the only previous option that even half-way worked).
One thing that really irks me about MacOS, that ChromeOS has down is updates: ChromeOS it takes <30s to do a full system update and be back in business. For MacOS, I can count on my machine being out of commission for an hour.
Yeah I think part of the problem is that ChromeOS relies on the Android SDK for apps. I'd rather Android provide a native SDK for apps that really require fine tuned performance - something like video editing is a good example.
The remaining 5% were mostly small things EXCEPT for one: I'd occasionally like to do some video editing (cutting up work screen recordings, making youtube videos, family videos). And to solve that, I ended up getting my first Mac. It totally solves the video editing problem, even allowing me to make videos on a laptop rather than being tied to a desktop (the only previous option that even half-way worked).
One thing that really irks me about MacOS, that ChromeOS has down is updates: ChromeOS it takes <30s to do a full system update and be back in business. For MacOS, I can count on my machine being out of commission for an hour.