Meanwhile..

My two cheap durable workhorse Chromebooks are perfectly adequate for net surfing and downloading...

Unfortunately built in obsolescence means they will no longer be supported and updated by google after sometime next year.
So I might need to try converting them to Linux...???

Mine are about 5 or 6 years old, which is apparently approx the life span for formal support.

Remeber this if temted by sales bargains.
First google the year of manufacture, to confirm how many years support ane left.


Android phones only get at best two scheduled Android updates of improved security and new functions,
before being abandoned by manufacturers..

.. and my experience is an updated Android version can bugger the speed and efficiency of a previously good device...