The new Plus category of Chromebooks is an assurance that you’ll get a higher level of performance and features but still at a reasonable starting price.
With Chromebook Plus, you’re guaranteed to get at least the following specs, with a starting price of $399:
- 12th-gen Intel Core i3 or AMD Ryzen 3 7000 processor or better
- 8GB or more of memory
- 128GB or more of storage
- 1080p-resolution IPS LCD or better
- 1080p webcam with temporal noise reduction
Apple laptops you can’t upgrade any of those things and they sell like hotcakes. It’s really not something most people do.
It looks like lenovo is already selling laptops at that spec, with the chromebook version being £50 cheaper than the windows version. Bet it’s the same hardware underneath… the rest is microsoft tax. If it is the same hardware, putting linux on it is going to be fairly easy.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/MESH-Computers-15-6-inch-i3-1215U-Windows/dp/B0BV9DB43K https://www.laptopstation.co.uk/products/lenovo-gaming-chromebook-5-12th-generation-core-i3-8gb-ram-256gb-ssd-16-120hz-quad-hd-screen
(Yes the concept of a gaming chromebook made me LOL).