Pros: Light weight device, boots fast

Cons: Playing videos, device not usable as it will not wake from sleep.

Other Thoughts: Worked great for 1 day! closed the lid and when I opened it back up it would not wake from sleep.

The only way to get it going again was to let the battery drain completely then charge it to full, then power it back on, but as soon as you close the lid, it does the same thing.

Trying to play movies on it is a joke as it has issues playing AVI and MKV file formats with the default video player, I could not find a video player in the Chrome Store that would work. Why no VLC? That would solve the issue.

Very aggravating device
I have a RMA in and shipped it back to the manufacture, just give me my money back and I'll never try a Chromebook again.

Manufacturer Response:

Dear Chris,

I apologize if you were having issue waking up the system from a sleep mode. Please try to press the power button to wake up the system and if you are using it on battery mode, without the AC adapter connected, please make sure it has ample charge life. If the problem persists, please try to update the Chrome OS under Settings. In regards to the issue with the video player not playing AVI and MKV file format, a new player is under development and this will support more file format. Should you need further assistance, please email me at cl-rodel@asus.com and write down service# N150354604 on the subject line.

Thank you for choosing an ASUS product.

Regards,

Rodel
ASUS Customer Loyalty

Pros: Wow,

I didn't know much about the Chromebook paradigm, but figured I would learn for under $180 SHIPPED!

Very, very satisfied. This particular Chromebook is well built, small, light and easy to use. Excellent btty life, excellent screen res, nice keyboard and excellent touch pad. I also like the idea of how the whole Google/Chrome scenario works -- I like it a lot.

Cons: Lighted keyboard would be nice, but for $179, this is an unrealistic request.

Pros: Small, Fast & Portable

Cons: Crome OS is cloud based, and printing takes some set up, a Cloud Printer is needed

Other Thoughts: Overall great product for surfing the net.

Pros: Light, Fast(at what it's designed to do), silent, ultra portable(I have a coat pocket that this chromebook fits neatly inside of. You can run Linux on this without having to dual boot, or remove the ChromeOS. This is done through Crouton.
The battery life on this laptop is insane. I had it with me at work, turned on to download some movies for most of the day, when I got home it was still at 50% battery life (Enough to watch both the movies I'd downloaded)

Cons: Can't turn off the touchpad while typing or using a mouse.
Speakers aren't fantastically loud, but they're not bad.
Only 16GB Local storage

Other Thoughts: I didn't remove any eggs for the cons section because those where all things I new I was getting when I bought this Chromebook. I use an SD card to expand the local storage by 64GB.

For the noise level of this computer, the loudest it gets is the sound the keys make while I type them. the Internal SSD doesn't spin, so it never makes noise. This system also runs very cool, so it doesn't need cooling fans.

I installed Steam on this by using Linux, which was installed through Crouton(So I just hit Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Forward to change to Linux) and I can stream games from my Desktop through Steams in-house streaming.
I primarily use this laptop for movies and web browsing, but the added functionality of Linux makes this the best $200 I've spent in a very long time.

Pros: Lightweight, incredible battery life (really, you can play movies forever and it seems to never run out of battery), tiny charger.

Cons: What the heck? Am I missing something? I'm sorry, but I don't see what was good about this.. Ready for the cons?
Terrible speakers
Bad streaming (no it wasn't my internet, all other devices were streaming fine) but as soon as I changed the security settings, things started getting fishy! Know this- You will not be allowed ANY privacy with a Chromebook! Or it will punish you for trying.
Call me dumb, but I thought I would be able to install another browser. This is for all the other naive people like me. Chrome only! (duh).
Can't use Itunes.
No cd/dvd drive (although I knew that when I bought it)
Poor selection of apps for Chrome! I see NO use in buying a chromebook, honestly! It's just another version of the Apple world! If you don't want to be owned by Apple or Google never buy a mac or a Chromebook.

Other Thoughts: Never never never never buying into the "chromebook" idea again. Google will own you and everything about you.

Pros: This thing is lightweight and very quick. It's perfect for what it's designed to do.

Cons: None

Pros: Dude, it's a beast. After reading a bunch of reviews, I decided to buy a 4G ram ASUS C200. I don't see 4G version from newegg. You may find it somewhere.

Updated Pros. 12/31/2014
1. I got 1TB google drive for 2 years. It takes more than 200 dallors so that makes this deal really really worthy.
2. All buttons on the keyboard are useful. It's even with "back to last page" button.


Pros. INCREDIBLY FAST / LITTLE BUGGY / RELIABLE / COMPATIBLE / QUIET / WHATEVER POSITIVE WORD YOU CAN SAY.
Cons. you may need to spend some time to find matched apps which can do same thing you usually do on pc. I guess YOU ALREADY KNOW THIS :p

Cons: Updated Cons. 1/1/2015
1. No skype / No regular android apk apps. Chromebook IO to android IO are just like Windows to Win RT / Mac OS to iOS. They are two different system. It's pretty sad but I believe google is fixing this now.

Other Thoughts: Some issues u may see them from other reviews:
1. People said it's a finger print lid. YES IT IS but I don't care. I don't show off people my 200 dollars stuff so whatever it looks like.
2. I believe 4G version is clearly better than 2G version. You can see many reviews comparing Acer 720 and Asus C200. C200 is a later one but there are some issues regarding as performance (slower than Acer 720). So, I bought this one. Luckily I got a very good discount which is even cheaper than 2G version :p.
3. For personally issue, I need work in a quite environment. This beast is quite.
4. I like right side power in. This power in is on left. Just FYI.
5. I am a heavy keyboard user. I don't how poor Acer 720 keyboard is but this keyboard is good to type and NO SWITCHING ISSUE from pc user. EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT A TOUCH SCREEN, THE KEY BOARD AND TOUCH PAD STILL ROCK SUPER WELL.
6. I am an Asus fan and I DO KNOW ASUS HAS THE WIFI ISSUE. They FINALLY FIXED IT ON THIS DEVICE.
7. The screen works ok. At least you don't feel it's a cheap stuff. It's not fully HD but IT'S REALLY ACCEPTABLE for personal daily use.
8. I have not experienced the 11 hours battery advantage yet but I believe it's cool.

Last. I am from Taiwan. Asus is as well. Sorry for the grammar issue.

Pros: This laptop is lightweight, quick, and has an OUTSTANDING battery life. THe keyboard has a solid feel and I don't feel awkward typing on it.

Cons: None that I can see

Other Thoughts: As a college student who needed a lightweight netbook to type notes, browse the internet, check email, and watch videos (all while on the go), this is the perfect machine. I was hesitant about getting a chromebook but for the tasks i need it to do and the price I couldn't have made a better choice. It fits into my backpack very nicely. If you just need to do basic functions like the one I listed above, this is one of the best (and cheapest) choices you could make. Props to ASUS for making such a fantastic machine!

Pros: -Portability (2 lbs and 11.6")
-Battery Life (8 hours of full use)
-Ease of use
-Offline ability

Of all the pros listed above the best one is portability. My goal for this product was for it to be light weight, small but not cramped, and have a long battery life. This product hit all those perfectly.
Asus makes good quality products for a reasonable price and you can feel the quality here. Even though this is a cheap and light machine it feels well built. When first setting it up one may remember setting up windows... where you have dozens of questions (especially if you don't use recommended settings). However with the chromebook all you do is connect to the internet (which isn't even required) and login to your google account. I was up and running in less than a minute.

Cons: -Ram

The only con here is the memory the haswell celeron with 2.16 GHz is great! However when opening multiple tabs you notice a slight slowdown which is most likely attributed to having just 2 GB of ram. But you can hardly notice.
Most machines running 2GB of ram would just be horrendous but with Chrome OS you do not need the spec's of other Operating systems.

Other Thoughts: Not meant for heavy workloads. But great for quick tasks and internet use. I use it for class so that I can type notes and at home when browsing the web. Does not replace my Lenovo Z400 but does do a good job of making it so I do not need to turn it on very often.

Pros: Simply excellent. Understand what chromebooks can do, and not do before buying

Cons: None obvious

Other Thoughts: I'd buy it again in a heartbeat,