At least with https://www.reddit.com/r/chrubuntu/ https://www.reddit.com/r/chrubuntu/ as a reference point, it looks like the $700 is in not having to deal with

At least with https://www.reddit.com/r/chrubuntu/ https://www.reddit.com/r/chrubuntu/ as a reference point, it looks like the $700 is in not having to deal with system configuration and debugging before you can use it.