With a full PC I can run android apps on stage that seamlessly interface with the rest of my setup while providing a very intuitive interface suited for the situation and be easily adaptable to other situations? While I can run those apps from linux it is a bit of a crap shoot; the touch response is not as good, can be a chore to get working with the external world, and is not particularly reliable, would never take it on stage.
Duet allows me to work on all of my projects when I am out of the house without carrying around both a laptop and a tablet. It suits my needs for a mobile device perfectly and reduces my suffering. In the current market with their respective ecosystems nothing else checked off as many boxes for my needs and most options were not even close. I have a full PC (a few) for when I need them.
You could get an Android tablet that is much more capable and do all the same things.
I'm not sure what's easier about carrying around a tablet with a keyboard vs. a small laptop though. My laptop is very light and portable and only vaguely larger than my tablet and keyboard.
I still prefer the laptop for whenever I need to get work done because whether it's a Chromebook or Android or iOS or whatever having a real OS is a pleasure compared to the alternative despite having the ability to use those other devices in a clutch.
Android lacks Crostini and Linux on Android options are no where near as good as Crostini. If I go laptop I lose Android apps. Both are less capable for my needs even if they have better specs. So I can carry two devices or one that does everything I want.
I think I made it clear that I chose a Chromebook because of ChromeOS, not in spite of it, it was the only thing that gave me everything I needed. I prefer a trackpoint and slackware with notion wm which is what every computer I have had for ~20 years now has had but for this need it would be a very poor experience, interacting with notion on a tablet would not be fun. So I looked for the device which best suited my needs, and I found it.
What exactly are you trying to accomplish with all this? You made it clear that you dislike Chromebooks, which is fine but you keep going on trying to prove they are always the worst option but have yet to provide any device which meets my needs as well and have not even bothered to identify what my needs are. Is your hobby making faulty assumptions or something?
You are clearly the exception to the rule... you have to admit your needs are far from the normal. I fully concede that a Chromebook is perfect for you. But in describing your situation you've basically put yourself into a box of one. Change one thing and suddenly there are better options for you.
For everyone else, the other options are all better. Chromebooks are still not a good product.
Personally, I am not arrogant enough to speak for everyone else and you still don't actually know me needs, just one thing I use it for. What about the other people in this thread who gave the same reason as I did, getting both the androind and linux ecosystems in a single device? They are still brainwashed by google because they did not bother spending two days backing you into a corner?
Perhaps try talking to people before passing judgement, might find out the world is a whole lot bigger than you realize.
Look you found a use for it but that doesn't make them good devices. Why is it not also arrogant to believe these are generally good devices merely because you managed to find a sliver of very specific usefulness out of these otherwise underpowered overpriced restrictive devices?
I like plenty of devices that I don't recommend to other people. I'm not arrogant enough to believe that simply because I like it, it's a good device.
I don't think I'm uninformed; I know people with Chromebooks and they've given me their opinions. I also love devices in general and I wish Chromebooks were a better value.
Duet allows me to work on all of my projects when I am out of the house without carrying around both a laptop and a tablet. It suits my needs for a mobile device perfectly and reduces my suffering. In the current market with their respective ecosystems nothing else checked off as many boxes for my needs and most options were not even close. I have a full PC (a few) for when I need them.