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by any computer is a mentally taxing event here are the top five things you should consider before buying a Google Chromebook and number five can you do everything in a browser Google's Chrome OS is essentially the company's web browser expanded to a desktop screen most things that run on the web will run on a Chromebook intensive tasks like video editing or photo editing are not exactly great on the web so make sure your usage matches the capability of a web browser at number four does the Chromebook run Android apps Google announced that Android apps will run on certain Chromebooks let me repeat that certain Chromebooks at the time of this recording only three Chromebooks support Android apps with more coming in the future and if you want to use Android apps on Chromebooks they are a bit quirky which brings us in number three does the device have a touchscreen if Android apps are important to you you'll really want a touch screen on that Chromebook Android apps were not felt with a crack pad or keyboard in mind they are built to be tapped if Android isn't a big deal to you then you have more options at number two your Google password this is an odd one when you log into a Chromebook you sign in with your Google account personally I don't know my password because it was generated by a password manager if you have a phone with Android 5.0 or higher you can use that phone to unlock your Chromebook using a feature called smart lock so consider how you will log into a Chromebook before buying one and then number one is cost or value yeah it's an obvious number one so let's talk about something else that might be as important can you wait reports from a number of publications say Google will release several devices that combine Android and Chrome OS in a way that should be different than Android grafted on to Chrome OS but that's just a rumor right it's not like Google just destroyed its Nexus phone line in favor of its own pixel brand wait a second got other ideas I'd love to hear them I'm at AI as on Twitter and I'll see you online happy birthday Jenny