It is a personal choice, and cost plays a role..
Buy one, use it for a few days and take it back within the grace period if you don't like it.
Tablets (iPad) are the most portable option and generally have higher-resolution displays than Chromebooks. Keyboards tend to be absent so tablets aren’t the best for extensive typing. Best for checking social media feeds, watching videos and reading articles. My wife loves her iPad Mini.
Go cheap and rely on the G Suite, (
http://www.gsuite.google.com) and your primary web browser is Google Chrome. Chromebooks generally cost less than laptops and tablets, with pricing ranging from around $150 to $550. They tend to feel cheap.
If you want the functionality of a desktop OS (Windows & Windows OS). They also, naturally, cost the most.
I have a slim HP laptop from Walmart cost about $400 along with some stronger PCs, but use this mostly because it is very slim and light.