As Mihir says, that stuff is hard to quantify. I'm deliberately trying to build a list of specs/"facts" to you can quickly whittle down the large range of options, but you'd likely then want to look at reviews/etc. of the shortlist. I don't want to add any bias to the list (nor become a price comparison site; which is…

Same here. The last DVD Drive I bought was an external USB one to make it easier across PC upgrades/etc., but I can count the number of times I've used it in the last 5 years on my fingers!

Thanks for the article; glad you think it's useful! I was after a Chromebook recently and couldn't find an easy way to see all models that met my criteria (4GB RAM, 1080p screen, UK availability) so started compiling the table. Putting it online was a nice little distraction from other stuff I was working on; it's…