my chromebooks have a local offline sync for when the network is down. Also google docs dont use much bandwidth at all. ALl the processing is done remotely, so its only GUI/HID stuff rattling along the pipe most of the time.

Main issue we have in our house is using Google Drive for pictures. Takes forever to upload a hundred or so large JPEGS. This is the only thing my wife uses the Windows laptop for.

Changing tack slightly, is anyone using Crouton with Steam? If I can get one of these to play Football Manager as well as everything else it does then it would be the perfect solution for me.