[tluyben2]

Yep. For almost everything I do I can use the Samsung Chromebook (2012 model) actually which is under $200 if you look. It is light, long battery life, Linux 'installation' (Crouton uses the ChromeOS kernel, you're not installing a total distro) is a few minutes work and always works with all hardware supported (because ChromeOS does). Besides the bad ARM support of some software (missing GHCi...) it is perfect.

I use my macbook for iOS coding next to it when needed.

[robgibbons]

The biggest drawback as you mentioned is the ARM support. I found I wasn't able to use SVN when the occasion arose, but otherwise there has been no reason to regret going with this Chromebook.