Originally Posted by
nkedel
Reset equivalent to power-wash is super-easy on Windows these days; a little slower. OTOH, once you're going to do that, there's no good way to get your apps back on quickly, and if you're not running native apps, Windows becomes serious overkill.
I suppose one could get a very fast flash drive, keep it on your person, and run all of your apps as portable versions from the flash drive. It's a thoroughly second-rate experience, though, and I'd stick to the Chromebook.
Yeah, I was using shorthand to compare the entire process of resetting the Windows laptop and then having to restore all your apps onto it, to a Chromebook powerwash. Since most everything on the Chromebook works through the Chrome browser there aren't apps to install. I suppose it would be more comparable if there were a lot of Chrome extensions installed on the Chromebook, though installing Chrome extensions is much easier than installing Windows apps.
Also agreed about the idea of running all the applications from the flash drive being a second-rate experience.