

The notebooks in this category do not require a lot of processing power or hard drive space, so they are pretty stripped-down and carry a low price tag. Even though local web applications can be installed as well, the focus is clearly on cloud-based services accessed via the browser.


Chromebooks run a version of Linux with a very small footprint and utilize the Chrome browser running on top of the OS. This particular operating system is based on the idea that most of the work a user encounters can be done using the browser. The major manufacturers do not just sell Windows-based laptops, but have the rather inexpensive and frequently more portable Chromebooks with Google's Chrome OS in their portfolio.
