From a longtime Chromebook user, here' my review. I've always used the higher end Chromebooks, and become spoiled with how easily they can replace traditional laptops.  This was my first foray into the budget models (I got it refurbished for $180) and I really got what I paid for.  The processing speed is too slow to help you forget traditional laptops.  It is a perfectly good couch computer.  You know, the one you leave plugged in on the couch and use to scroll social media an e-mail while watching equally mindless television.  If you need to use this for any form of work, I highly recommend dropping a few dollars more on something that isn't powered by a 1980's graphing calculator processor.