The low price is for a reason. There re only 2 years before the auto update policy  makes the operating system obsolete and will not receive updates for security etc. The Chromebook will still work but there will be no more security or other updates. For the more technically inclined there is a way to turn it into a linux box. I did this with a Asus Chromebook and it works very well. Linux is much more friendly now and will do nearly all the online things that a Chrome book will do plus much more offline utility..