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I've had a couple of Chromebooks over the past five or six years, even the five year old one worked OK when I passed it on to someone on here. My current one is 3 years old and works as well as when I bought it.
The cheapo windows laptops (at the moment) aren't worth it. They're not powerful enough for a smooth experience and it's a constant battle of having to delete stuff so the drive doesn't get filled up.
Android apps running on chromebooks can be good but they're a bit hit and miss. The Microsoft Remote Desktop is good as are some of the terminal emulators and Word and Excel but some of the other apps won't launch or the display is a bit screwed up, sound doesn't work, etc. If there's anything that's really important then I'd get someone to test it first.
One thing to bear in mind is whether you have anything that needs plugging into a PC to be updated, things like Garmins, sat-navs, remote controls, etc. A lot of that stuff won't be compatible. Also, have a think whether you use any obscure software that is Windows only.
Overall, my Chromebook probably gets more use than any of my PCs and it looks and feels much more premium than the price suggests. However, I do find myself having to use a PC every so often for stuff that can't easily be done on the Chromebook so I wouldn't have it as my only machine.