> The only thing a Chromebook has is a web browser
My (Celeron) Chromebook 2 supported a whole Linux VM (via Crostini) and using Vim for python and Go development on it was noticeably slower than any contemporary laptop - I can't imagine the Exynos version was far off on perf (since it was only a diff SKU). I would not call it "terrible".
The Celeron Chromebooks 2 were only slightly faster, maybe 15%. That's why I specifically called out the Intel Core CPU, not the Celeron. The Celeron N2840 is a "Bay Trail" Atom core, which nobody would willingly purchase. The state of the art CPU from that generation of Chromebooks was the 4th gen Core i3, a "Haswell" part that was more than twice as quick as that Celeron.
My (Celeron) Chromebook 2 supported a whole Linux VM (via Crostini) and using Vim for python and Go development on it was noticeably slower than any contemporary laptop - I can't imagine the Exynos version was far off on perf (since it was only a diff SKU). I would not call it "terrible".