I’m Saying Hello to Chrome OS… Again.
I say goodbye and I say hello.
A month ago, I wrote about my decision to say goodbye to Chrome OS.
It has been an operating system that I’ve used for years now, but as my computing needs became more robust, I found myself requiring the power and program support of Windows or macOS instead, and my Chromebook found itself teetering on the edge of obsoletion.
Largely, my opinion on Chrome OS hasn’t changed since I wrote that story; I find it limiting at times, I can’t do everything I need to with it, and it forces me to use Google’s services, which I’m not overly thrilled with (they work very well but I’m always concerned about how much data Google has on me these days). And frankly, most of what I can do on a Chromebook can be done on a Mac or PC with the Chrome web browser installed.
So, I made the decision to leave Chrome OS behind and move on with my life. At the end of last month’s story, I said that I was going to sell my Chromebook- the Pixelbook Go- and I even had it powerwashed and ready to be listed on eBay, but…
I just couldn’t bring myself to put it on sale.
It wasn’t Chrome OS that was making me want to keep the Pixelbook Go, but the Pixelbook Go itself; it’s a beautiful machine with its matte-black magnesium and the ribbed…
