Please don't be snarky here.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

So does every office worker.

Most office workers could get away with a Chromebook, I'm surprised this hasn't caught on in offices yet.

Might be different in the US given popularity of Apple software, but in the rest of the world, Microsoft Office suite is a fundamental tool in almost every office. I don't think it'll run on a Chromebook.

(And I mean the desktop version. O365 is dumbed down half-way to Google's Office Suite level - which is cool for an occasional document or spreadsheet, but is lacking both features and efficiency for professional use.)

Depends on the use case. I work for a MSP and I do almost all my office work in GSuite on the web. The only thing I fire up LibreOffice for is dealing with CSV files which are a pain in GSuite.

99% of my job requires nothing more than a web browser and a terminal with a SSH client. The remainder is mostly Wireshark.

> Depends on the use case.

Indeed it does. At her last-1 job, my wife could probably do most of the spreadsheet-related stuff in GSuite, except for that one spreadsheet that brought desktop Excel to its knees, and would totally explode the browser if you've ever tried it.

My experience from watching other people and occasional summer jobs is mixed. Some of the stuff you technically could manage on GSuite. Others you wouldn't, not because the files were too big/complex, but because the office computers were underpowered.

Oh well if office workers in YOUR company get away with using a chromebook then it must be true for everyone.