Samsung’s $249 Chromebook: thinner, lighter and about $200 cheaper!

The new Samsung Chromebook offers and different approach to laptop computing (no hard drive to speak of, and all of the programs are in "the cloud"). I don't think it will ever replace the 17" HP beast I've been lugging around for the past couple of years, but the $249 price point, light weight, and long battery life have certainly made me seriously consider picking one up.  I would love to hear from anybody out there who is riding the Google train on a  Chromebook?

Samsung and Google recently introduced the simply named Chromebook, a $249 computer with an 11.6-inch screen and around 6.5 hours of battery life in a slim and svelte 2.5 lb, 0.8-inch-thick shell. It’s a bare-bones approach to the concept of a Chrome OS notebook, and it’s probably what Google should have done with this type of hardware from the very beginning. But does that mean it’s good?

Read the entire TechCrunch review of the new Chromebook here.