Could someone tell me what the difference is between a laptop and a Chromebook?

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[c=4C0073]to add to the info you got from others,
if you are used to using windows, keep in mind a chromebook uses chrome OS, not windows[/c]

Both are the same. Chromebook is more design for just web browser as laptop does a variety of jobs. It depends on the specs on it. Laptops are usually more powerful than Chromebook

A chromebook is a Google browser loaded with Google apps.
A laptop is a full operating system . either Apple or Microsoft

Laptops usually run Windows while chromebooks run chromeOS which is like a very limited and restrictive operating system that doesn’t let you do very much

One name makes sense, the other does not.

A "laptop" is short for a "laptop computer", a computer in a package designed to be more portable than a "desktop computer", a computer which can literally sit on your lap.

A "Chromebook" is a typical ploy out of marketing/advertising, a name designed byban idiot unfamiliar either with "chrome"--a finish which used to be used on automotive bumpers, for instance--or "books", as this is neither.

(Yes, it is based upon a product which itself is software, and thus is incapable of being chrome-plated. So I suppose one could either say that the namers of the *software* product are foolish, or that the namers of the "Chromebook" compounded the idiocy by saying, "What the hell, why not call it a book, too, since we're already stuck with the 'chrome' bit...?")

Perhaps I am not so far off, if one considers the fine reply from several others, because if you shelled out a bunch of money, wouldn't you feel MUCH better having spent it for a "Chromebook" rather than for "an overpriced tablet which is trying to convince you it is a full-fledged laptop, when it's really just a very expensive browser"? Wouldn't you feel a LOT less stupid for buying the former rather than the latter? 😉

Thanks everyone! 🥰

Chromebook is more of a tablet not a full laptop. Its not worth it imo

What do use it for?

Chromebooks are very, very limited on what they can do. Laptops can do lots and lots!

Every Chromebook is a laptop, but not every laptop is a Chromebook.