I've been a fan of Chromebooks for a long time and I know their strengths and weaknesses. I've also had an Asus Chromebit. I tried this Chromebox thinking it would be a more powerful alternative to my pas Chrome devices. This box was no better than the most bare-bones, basic, budget Chromebook laptop you'd buy for a kid. I was very disappointed. I ran it side-by-side with a budge Chromebook and their scores using Octane 2.0 (a nice benchmark) were almost identical.As an aside, I need to point out that this Chromebox doesn't come with a battery (or any portability features), camera, mic, monitor, keyboard, mouse, or trackpad-- and it's still priced the same as a totally portable Chromebook laptop which has all of those features.