What would be the best Chrome Book for using Excel? under 300$

[kevinjoooooooow]

thanks a lot !

 

[velo3100]

Have a look at the toshiba chromebook 2.

 

[jaguarskx]

You cannot use Excel on a chromebook. Excel is a Windows program which means it requires a Windows operating system. Chromebooks uses Chrome OS which is basically a browser. I believe Google Doc is a productivity suite for Chromebooks.


If you want to use Excel, then you need to purchase a Windows laptop. Below is an example of an inexpensive laptop ($259) that can run Windows 10. It has a Quad Core Pentium N3700 Atom CPU. Consider it as a relatively powerful CPU for a tablet, but a rather weak CPU for laptops if you were to compare to a Core i3 CPU.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01KAP7RJG/ref=pd_sbs_147_2?ie=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B01KAP7RJG&pd_rd_r=WKCJE72R9J32K87V2Z6Y&pd_rd_w=EEaEP&pd_rd_wg=MhLLH&psc=1&refRID=WKCJE72R9J32K87V2Z6Y


If you do not mind a refurbished laptop, then consider the following ThinkPad T430 for $280. It's one of the best business laptops back when it was released.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01DJJNERE/ref=psdc_13896615011_t3_B00U912V34?th=1

 

[mellowfello]

So first off, you aren't able to use Excel on a Chromebook like you normally would on a laptop. There are a couple of workarounds, like:

1. Opening the spreadsheet with the MS Excel Online App
2. Using the Office Editing Chrome extension
3. Using Google Docs

With that out of the way, the Toshiba Chromebook 2 and Acer C13 come highly recommended, so you should check those out. I have the Chromebook 2 and am pretty happy with it.