Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

My husband is a tremendously picky, die-hard Mac user. He spent some time with this Samsung Chromebook 2 and ended up being very impressed. It's very stylish--the silver cover has a textured leather look, complete with a "seam" trim. The 11.6" HD screen is very sharp and "non-glare"--unlike the overly reflective shine of our Mac. Since we already have a google account (guest log-in is possible, but is highly restrictive), it was very easy to login. We could then access a number of features that allowed us to personalize the computer, take photos with the camera, create documents/spreadsheets/slides, retrieve additional apps...In many ways, the set-up reminded us of a big Android Pad with an additional built-in keyboard. The Samsung Chromebook 2 has no disk drive, making it very light and portable. For this reason, my husband prefers using it to quickly get online and walk around the house using our Wi-Fi. The speed is there--this Chromebook is very responsive. It has all the necessary ports/slots: One for a Micro SD, one for HDMI, two USBs (chargeable 2.0 and 3.0) and an earset/ headset jack. The sound is GREAT--it beats out our old Macbook Pro. Since we already have an HDMI cable, we can readily hook this up to our television to stream movies/ TV shows on a much larger screen. However, the track pad isn't as sensitive as our Mac (even when we adjust the settings). That's not a huge issue, but since we are used to working with a higher degree of sensitivity, we fall back into the habit of not touching the pad hard enough. This makes the track pad appear to act "spotty."