Samsung Chromebook (Wi-Fi, 11.6-Inch) Reviews
This is not normally the kind of device that I would use, except for fun but actually it has turned out to be incredibly reliable, fast and useful. Particularly ideal for anyone who has to travel or needs a very light-weight device with an excellent battery life for low cost. Although I actually find Chrome OS a surprisingly effective operating system (once you get used to the idea that it is different from other OSs), it is now very easy to load another OS onto Chromebook so that you can dual-boot Chrome OS and, say, Ubuntu - allowing you access to the full range of standard office software and do more things offline too (using an SD card). Go to [...] to find out more.
We bought this for our daughter, who is currently in grade school. They are allowed to bring their own laptop or tablet, so this seemed ideal.
For this purpose, Google provides enough tools and apps that she doesn't need a full-fledged PC or Mac.
The design and quality is awesome and very cool. Good build quality, though not as good as a Macbook Air, but those are 4x the price. The plastic body doesn't flex a whole lot when picked up one-handed. It's super slim and light and has great battery life.
The screen is very good. I don't notice too big a difference in contrast, brightness or color when viewing at various angles.
Keyboard is good and responsive. The trackpad is large, and you can either tap it to click, or physically click it. Works just like the Macbook's. It also has gestures (2-finger swipe to scroll, etc).
While it's speedy enough for most tasks, some games and other flash applications can get the jitters, but overall, it's not usually a problem.
It is light, very fast, cheap and highly functional. I was going to buy a new desktop, but opted for the Chromebook instead. Check out the reviews such as the one in liliputing.com. It is able to run an excellent office suite comparable to most of Microsoft Office either online or offline. I found, and it think most users will find, that the Chromebook will support more than 90% of one's computing needs. The only missing app I need is iTunes, and that is only to convert CDs. But once converted, songs can be stored and played on the Chromebook or loaded to an iPod or other device from the Chromebook.
I've been looking at websites since November trying to find this in stock. I ordered it as soon as I saw it was back in stock at normal price on Amazon. Almost everything I do is connected in some way to the Google cloud. We use Google Apps at my church (I'm the Online Pastor). I already have a Galaxy tab 10.1, which I love, but also wanted a laptop that was light-weight, very portable, but had a physical keyboard/mousepad for some of my tasks. I have a full-size laptop, but that gets heavy carrying places. I just opened my new Chromebook today, and was instantly connected to all my websites and tools. I've had it on most of the day (over 6 hours) and have watched hulu plus for an hour & a half, and there is still 24% battery left. Amazing! If you mainly use a computer for web browsing, I definitely recommend the Samsung Chromebook.
Great notebook. It boots in 10 seconds or instantly if in hibernation. My pc takes longer to come out of hibernation than it does to boot so the chromebook gets the most use. My computing requirements are e-mail, word processor, spread sheet, books , music and web browsing. The chromebook does all this and much more. 16GB of user memory allows local storage of files used when there is no wi-fi. The rest of my stuff is in the cloud.
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