But none of that mitigates the problem of screen real estate. Maybe I'm just an old but I like to see more of the page.
The Chromebooks, do they have a jack for a second monitor? A good sized monitor could take care of a lot of these problems. Even better would be if they can also put books, pdfs etc. on an iPad for reading.
If I'm going to stay at a particular place for working, I want at least 24" in screen areas. 4K if I'm going to stare at text. An iPad works great if you're reading only or working on the document itself (annotation). Not so great for quick browsing.
The Chromebooks, do they have a jack for a second monitor? A good sized monitor could take care of a lot of these problems. Even better would be if they can also put books, pdfs etc. on an iPad for reading.