yea for reals, thats what I thought too, sounds like he researched, knew exactly what he wanted, but wanted to sound impressive about it to a random stranger on the phone about his laptops needs, and not even take into consideration the needs of his relative who would probably suffice with a chromebook but instead he requires an IB based core ? Why ?
Agreed that chromebooks are sufficient for most of everybodys relatives that are not power users. For OP to dismiss those easily he probably is the one that needs education. Thinking outside of his box, instead of mandating their relatives CPU be based on an IB core, that may be more misleading and show lack of education than saying a Chromebook will not meet the needs of a layperson.
Chromebooks are small and light and just fine for most of our relatives.