[robmcm]

From what I can tell it's like having an android tablet with chrome as the only app, a fixed keyboard and poor battery life.

It seems like the worse of both worlds when compared against a tablet and a thin laptop...

[nessus42]

Have you used one? I love mine. It just works. And it's cheap.

The battery life is 6 hours. What makes that poor?

[wlesieutre]

It's shorter than a most tablets, Nexus 10 included.

[RexRollman]

Not everyone likes tablets.

[nessus42]

And even if you do like tablets, typing even relatively short messages on a tablet is seriously non-fun.

The keyboard on the new Samsung Chromebook is fantastic; basically a clone of a MacBook Air keyboard. The touchpad also works really well. (Though I do miss three finger or tap-and-a-half dragging. On the Chromebook you have to click-and-hold the touchpad to drag.)

Sure you can get a netbook and run Chrome, but I have one of those and never use it. The screen flickers, the keyboard is mediocre, and the touchpad sucks. And it's from a good company too.