Laptop or a Chromebook

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For a student in 10th grade, what would you suggest between a Chromebook and a Laptop?
PS: I like the specification of HP Chromebook 11A

Fill this first please

1) What is your budget? (INR or USD)

2) What size & weight consideration (if any) would you prefer?

Netbook; 11" - 10” screen or less
Thin and Light; 12" - 14" screen
Mainstream; 15" - 16" screen
Desktop Replacement; 17"+ screen

3) What are the primary tasks you will be performing with this notebook?

5) Any typical configuration in your mind you're eying for ?

4) Are there any brands that you prefer or any you really don't like?
a. Like:
b. Dislike:

6) Anything else you would like to say?

Screen resolution ( 768p (HD) / 900p / 1080p (Full HD) )
Battery back up ( normal (3-4hrs) / extended (5-7hrs) )
Purchase place ( Online (eg - flipkart, infibeam) / Local / Abroad (do mention the country) )

Honestly, Chromebooks are expensive. For like 5-10k more, you get a pretty good budget laptop with i3/Ryzen 3 CPU that can do much more than just web browsing or basic doc editing. I see that HP 11A for 25k, basic laptops with HDD start at 30k. Add more RAM & a SSD to it for a great budget laptop. This is one such laptop:
Lenovo Ideapad S145 AMD Ryzen 3 3200U 15.6 inch (39.62 cms) Full HD Thin and Light Laptop (4GB/1TB HDD/Windows 10/Platinum Grey/1.85Kg), 81UT00KWIN: Amazon.in: Computers & Accessories
It has a free M.2 slot for SSD.

For something fully kitted with even better CPU:
HP 15s Ryzen 3 Quad Core 4300U - (8 GB/256 GB SSD/Windows 10 Home) 15s-ey1003AU Thin and Light Laptop Rs.40540 Price in India - Buy HP 15s Ryzen 3 Quad Core 4300U - (8 GB/256 GB SSD/Windows 10 Home) 15s-ey1003AU Thin and Light Laptop Natural Silver Online - HP : Flipkart.com

If you want a laptop under 25k, maybe this will do:
ASUS VivoBook 15 (2020), 39.6 cm HD, Dual Core Intel Celeron N4020, Thin and Light Laptop (4GB RAM/256GB SSD/Integrated Graphics/Windows 10 Home/Transparent Silver/1.8 Kg), X515MA-BR002T: Amazon.in: Computers & Accessories
ASUS Vivobook 15 Celeron Dual Core - (4 GB/256 GB SSD/Windows 10 Home) X509MA-BR270T Laptop Rs.31990 Price in India - Buy ASUS Vivobook 15 Celeron Dual Core - (4 GB/256 GB SSD/Windows 10 Home) X509MA-BR270T Laptop Transparent Silver Online - ASUS : Flipkart.com
The CPU should be as good as AMD A4 of HP 11A or better. It has a 768p display vs 1080p in the previous model.

IMO get that Lenovo one. If you can't add extra RAM or SSD now, look into dual booting Win10 + ubuntu while using UEFI mode. Ubuntu is more lightweight than Win10 (which needs 8GB RAM + SSD for a smooth operation now), so will run fine on 4GB RAM + HDD. I'd any day prefer ubuntu over ChromeOS, although the latter is more simple to use.

For a student even an ipad would also suffice and if keyboard is also required slap on logitech keyboard and it's still a better setup compared to elchepo laptops

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$hadow said:
For a student even an ipad would also suffice

iPads are still quite costly and adding even a Bluetooth keyboard would make it a costlier deal. I think this 11A Chromebook works for me since the uses are very basic.

Tusharma said:
iPads are still quite costly and adding even a Bluetooth keyboard would make it a costlier deal. I think this 11A Chromebook works for me since the uses are very basic.

What is your budget? Also fill the questionnare mentioned above Laptop or a Chromebook