Chrome books are the best college laptops for the vast majority of students. The ability to have a ton of apps and then have the Microsoft suite on an App could really over come a few hiccups which is normally based on professors' issue of only using Word.

THE ONE ISSUE is Printing. I have to help my daughter setting up cloud printing all the time

> Chrome books are the best college laptops for the vast majority of students.

If they're not the best laptop for everybody outside of college, then they're not the best laptop for college students IMO. I wouldn't want my kids learning on something that next to nobody uses.

- How are graphics arts students supposed to learn how to use Photoshop, Illustrator and other programs that professionals actually use in the real world?

- How are CS students supposed to learn how to use the plethora of tools that don't run in ChromeOS?

- How are business students supposed to learn how to use the full Office suite, which most of the rest of the world is using on Windows or even OS X?

The "ton" of apps is kind of a moot point since Windows and Mac both also have a ton of apps.

I don't get your other point - you want to avoid issues with Word by using the "Microsoft suite on an App" (which presumably includes Word)?

> THE ONE ISSUE is Printing.

There is way more than just that one issue I think, if we're going to be completely objective here.

I imagine something like crouton[1] would come in handy for the CS students.

1. https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton