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CNET Editors' Rating
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2.5
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Design:6.0
Features:3.0
Performance:4.0
Battery life:8.0
Service and support:6.0
Reviewed by: Joshua Goldman
Reviewed on: 06/10/2011
Updated on: 09/09/2011
The good: The Samsung Chromebook Series 5 is a small, attractive Netbook with long battery life, true instant-on Web access, and enough computing to use the Internet.
The bad: The Series 5 is expensive for its features and abilities, and using it can be frustrating depending on your wireless signal strength.
The bottom line: Despite solid hardware, great battery life, and fast startup, we can't recommend the Samsung Chromebook Series 5 until and unless Google improves the Chrome OS.
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Editors' note: In late August 2011, Google enabled offline support for Gmail and Google Docs. After hands-on testing of these updates, however, we can verify that the upgrades are not nearly robust enough to change our opinion of the Chromebook at this time. Read New Offline Gmail, Docs won't save Chromebooks.
For anybody who loves tech and gadgets, it's not hard to see the appeal of the Samsung Chromebook Series 5. It's a small, good-looking, affordable laptop the whole purpose of which is to keep you connected to your life online. It's even more attractive to ... Expand full review
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