Response to "You Don't Need a Mac Laptop"
Chromebook by Dell On June 26, 2018, Dave Gershgorn wrote an excellent post for Quartz entitled "You Don't Need a Mac Laptop" which inspired me to add some comments of my own. Dave related his story of transitioning out of the Apple software ecosystem to the world of web-powered applications and I have to admit, I have often felt the same. I'm not an Apple user, far from it, but I have been using Microsoft products for decades and have noticed the same trend. As more platforms move to cloud-powered web applications, the need to individually license and maintain software locally on your computer starts to evaporate. Google has been very instrumental in this movement, but they aren't the only ones. Everyone uses a computer a little differently, but I can absolutely see the case for a Chromebook if you don't need the complexity of a traditional Windows or Mac operating system or the expense of a high-powered laptop. The options are plentiful if you a