Google's ChromeOS Flex turned my old MacBook into new frustrations

Google says this is modern' computing - if so it feels like a backward step

I spend a lot of time in a browser - for years I've used half a dozen pinned tabs to provide easy access to web apps like The Register's CMS and TweetDeck. But when I tried Google's browser-centric ChromeOS Flex I immediately lamented the lack of apps and came to despise Chrome....