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Shopping for a laptop as a gift can be even harder than buying one for yourself.
If youve left your holiday shopping til late, you might feel overwhelmed by the options out there.
Not all Chromebooks are created equal: some are more powerful than others.
More cores are always better, but four isenoughfor a budget Chromebook to function well.
If youre buying a laptop for a gamer, it probably shouldnt be Chromebook.
Its not all doom and gloom, though.
Not all Chromebooks are created equal: some are more powerful than others.
Dont overspend…
Despite their inherently budget-friendly nature, it can be easy to spend a lot of money on a Chromebook.
If a Chromebook already retails around $100/100, odds are its a pretty weak-sauce rig.
The Parallels Desktop app lets you run Windows apps on a Chromebook, but it’s not entirely reliable and obviously harder than just running apps locally.
Seriously, these are just fancy Chromebooks - they’re not any more powerful.