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I too have been looking into getting a Chromebook, perhaps with a windows machine at home I could remote desktop into for any of the heavy lifting. While it sounds good for your needs, you need to consider what apps you'd be using, they're literally just Google Chrome extensions/web-apps so it could be a good idea to trial some now (try opening study material and assignments in Docs, try out the image editors etc) and see if that work flow suits you. Ultimately, go in stores and try typing for some time on the Chromebooks as the keyboards vary a lot and some just are awful to use, though it would always be possible to get a proper mechanical keyboard and keep that at home for the extended typing sessions.