Samsung Chromebook Series 3 (XE303C12)

• PROS
  Unbeatable price. Slim and light. ARM processor provides zippy performance without sacrificing battery life. Physical keyboard and clamshell design.
• CONSOffline access and storage is still limited. Keyboard comes with a learning curve.

BOTTOM LINE

The Samsung Chromebook Series 3 laptop delivers—a cheap, portable way to get online.

The Samsung Chromebook Series 3 (XE303C12) may be the Chromebook that really takes off. With a price low enough to entice the curious and the parts needed to zip through Web browsing, the new Chromebook is what we've wanted Google to deliver all along, an affordable and portable way to hop online. Earlier models have cost upwards of $400, leaving a lot of users feeling ripped off at the limitations of Chrome OS. At $250 for the Wi-Fi connected model, the price is right, and the new Chromebook is even cheaper than  Editors' Choice Budget Laptop, the Acer Aspire 5349-2635 . It's also a good deal cheaper than both the Samsung Series 5 Chromebook 550 (XE550C22-H01) $549.99 at Amazon and the Samsung Chromebook Series 5 , making this the closest any Chromebook has come to meeting Google's initial goal of selling the Chromebook for $200.