I just have this "thing" about all things google/chrome and will pay more not to have to deal with their intrusive bs anymore than I have to. But yes... the Chrome book are significantly less expensive.Worth it, especially for the memory. I'm surprised at how expensive it is for those specs, tho. I bought a Chrome book with 8GB of ram for $400 back in Feb. It's stupid fast running anything made for Chrome, plus it runs any Linux program fine, too. Kdenlive struggles a bit