I have a Google Pixel Book 2. While I do still carry my MBP around with me I find I increasingly don't need it. The cloud 9 IDE (https://aws.amazon.com/cloud9/?p=tile) is pretty good. If you work with VS Code https://stackblitz.com/ is very close to being all you need. I prefer Webstorm myself and now can run the Linux version natively on my pixelbook before I could with Cruton - https://www.linux.com/learn/how-easily-install-Ubuntu-Chromebook-crouton%20 -  but as long as I have an internet connection and can access AWS or ssh into my servers there is nothing stopping me from getting real work done from my Chromebook. I have 64 gb of hard drive space I think if I was going to do it again I would upgrade to the 128 GB (now that I can run docker on my Chromebook a bit of hard drive space is nice) but with 3 TB of cloud space (I think that came with 3 years through Google) I'm not hurting with it as a laptop at all. 

On Sun, Sep 9, 2018 at 9:23 AM Kevin Fries <kevin@fries-biro.com> wrote:

Always remember that a Chromebook is ment to be a connected device.  I use mine all the time.  But while it can replace my desktop 70%-80% of the time, there are times as a Linux professional where I need a laptop.  So, I still have my Arch laptop (for software development because it has better tools than online and a bigger screen).  So I try to only store locally what I MUST.  Passwords are stored via LastPass so they move between Chromebook and Desktop.  Files are stored on Google Drive or Dropbox for the same reason.

There is a local download on your Chromebook, but I would really try not to use that for anything that is not ephemeral.  It is how the device was designed to be used.

Kevin

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On Sep 8, 2018, at 9:00 AM, Michael <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:

I got a chromebook. I just figured out how to open the file manager for it (yeaaa me!) but I can't figure out where the "Downloads" is saved. Is that saved on the computer? I think so but I just want a verification

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