I have a Google Pixel book. It's the $1000 dollar model, got it on sale for $750. I love the thing and can't put it down. It has an SSD and is very fast to boot and operate. As far as malware, if there's a problem, you press 3 keys and it instantly goes back to it's factory state. No need to boot into safe mode. This thing is fast fast fast. I have 2 PC desktops a nice Mac, but this chromebook is my daily driver now. I use the others for only one application which is a high speed Canon scanner. My brother in law got one of the 200 buck chromebooks, he took it back. I'm glad I spent the extra money and got the good one.