[Closed] Is a Chromebook the answer.

Yes.

Edit: it's an answer but not the only one.

I've got one for sale if you are interested. Kids have laptops so it is gathering dust. drop me a note on mcivordATgmailDOTcom if you are interested and I will send pics etc.

I have a Chromebook and don't like it at all, I'd stick to a proper laptop or tablet. I find Google tries to stick it's ore in to every task and force you on to their software. It's a pita.

My (computer illiterate/technophobic) wife has a Chromebook. She gets on well with it. Simple interface, no need to learn about the OS, very similar look and feel to her phone.

I guess one important factor is that, on the current laptop, we use Google services quite a lot:

* Google Photos
* Gmail
* Google Calendar
* Google Drive
* Google Docs

Would a Chromebook do the job?

Yes, it'd be fine. Try one out in a shop see if you like it.

Basically, it's Chrome, so if you use Chrome now you'll not really notice any difference.

Yes, it will be fine. Really like mine.

which the wife uses

Have you asked her what she wants?

Have you asked her what she wants?

That would be dangerous, it would probably start with a new bathroom, log burner, bigger car, a horse and a 29er.

🙂

Nope, simple because she wouldn't have a clue (not interested in anything techy) and wouldn't care, as long as it could do what she needed.

Can she do everything she wants to do currently from within the web browser (eg, she's using web mail rather than a full-fat client)? The answer to this question is also the answer to yours.

As much as I don't like mine as stated above, if she uses all the Google programs anyway (which I don't) it's probably a decent option to be fair.

Yup uses Gmail in the browser.

I'm pretty sure you can use the online MS Office tools on a Chromebook too. And they will link into your normal Office365/One Drive etc.