$400 for a Chromebook sounds too expensive to me. As I said in your other laptop thread, I bought a latest gen i5 14" laptop for $280.
The excellent ThinkPad X1 Nano is going for $600.
https://slickdeals.net/f/16922272-le...-free-shipping
As far as I can tell, anyone spending $1k plus on a laptop is gaming or wasting their money.