I have been using the Chromebook for a few months now, and I am convinced it is an underrated machine with lots of potential. This gadget only runs the Chrome browser, which means its sole function is web browsing. Many may be put off by this fact, but some find it liberating. In the following paragraphs, the Chromebook will show itself as a netbook worthy of praise from the tech industry.
The main reason this netbook works so well is the fact that it has no desktop. This means that when you log in, you are not faced with a wall of icons, but instead taken straight to the web. Since it has no desktop to devote processing power to, the startup takes about fifteen seconds. In under twenty seconds, you could be checking your email and Facebook. The lack of a desktop to siphon processing power away ensures that, under a good wifi connection, the Chromebook will browse faster than any comparable laptop in the market.
This handy gadget can do more than just check email in a coffee shop. Among its many integrated features are a webcam and a microphone. Right out of the box any user can video chat with their friends. Another key feature is the built in 3g. One could simply buy one of the monthly, no contract plans and browse on the go. With the plethora of web apps available from the Chrome Web Store, anybody can edit documents on Google Docs, watch movies on Netflix, read on the Kindle app, or even play Angry Birds for free.
With this relative newbie in the netbook field, I have found a refreshing alternative to the clunky, thousand dollar laptop most of us have grown accustomed to. If 95% of what you do on your computer is on the internet, then the Chromebook may be for you.