I think a lot of the negative experiences can be avoided if you try to stay in ChromeOS as much as possible. I think some of the hardware issues are also devic

I think a lot of the negative experiences can be avoided if you try to stay in ChromeOS as much as possible. I think some of the hardware issues are also device-specific as I have an Acer C7, and I haven't run into any of the issues he's mentioned. The point of the Chromebook is you're accessing everything from the cloud on a thin client. A lot of the personal gains I've found from using my Chromebook is that I'm not setting everything I use up in such a way that I can access everything I use from any computer connected to the internet. The fact that it's a super-cheap and super-small laptop that's great to travel with is just a bonus.