I bought a new Toshiba Win10 laptop 4 weeks ago as a back up for my Acer Chromebook 15, to use the Toshiba’s ethernet connection for financial work, for my word processing/spreadsheets and some stand alone stuff.
At first the Toshiba was about as fast as my Chrome book to get on line.
It has gotten slower each day. I get to look at the damn blue circle about as long as with my old deceased HP Win 7, which is now at a recycle place.
Our family IT guy recommended a connector for my RJ Ethernet, and it plugs into a USB 3.0 slot on my Chromebook.
It works, and I connect my Chromebook to my new View Sonic with a HDMI cable and use a USB wireless keyboard and mouse to have a fast and secure ethernet desktop with my Chromebook.
Congratulations! You have a laptop with an operating system designed by a company whose prime directive is to catalog every last thing about your life.
If anyone is using a device designed by Google (i.e. Android phone, Chromebook, Chromcast), you’re freely providing your information to “the cloud.” Enjoy!