Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I did a lot of research about Chromebooks before I made this purchase. The general consensus on this particular model was that the screen was out of this world, but you would sacrifice processor speed for battery life and a quiet, fanless laptop. From my experience, those reviews are spot on. The good: There is no way to describe the screen unless you see it. I don't watch a lot of videos on my laptop, but the screen is much better for everyday browsing. The bad: There are a lot of people out there trying to measure performance. I don't consider myself a power use with this machine, so I wasn't too concerned about performance prior to my purchase. Turns out I was wrong. In my research for school, I found a 60 page PDF document. Nothing too special there and certainly nothing out of the ordinary. But viewing the document is beyond the power of this machine. Forget about scrolling with the scroll bar. The only way to view the document is to hit the down arrow and wait for the screen to catch up after each keystroke. Note that I closed all of my tabs and only had the PDF running and it still was lagging beyond use. I also downloaded it to the local drive to take my internet connection out of the equation. I hit several scenarios like the one above but that is the most concrete example I can give. I'm very disappointed that the performance is that bad. I don't know what to do with this machine. The more I use it, the more frustrating it gets. It's only been a few days but I am going to return this item. I understand what a Chromebook is and that it is meant to be a lower cost alternative, but this is a high end Chromebook. It is too bad that even a high end Chromebook isn't able to perform a simple task. I really, really want to like this machine. But if I keep it I think the new laptop appeal will wear off and I'll get more frustrated as this machine can't keep up with my relatively simple demands. UPDATE: To verify that it was this computer and not something specific to the PDF or the Chromebook built in PDF reader, I looked up the exact same PDF file at Best Buy on the old Acer C720. That Chromebook is older but it is known for having a better processor. The Acer performed great when looking at the same document. I feel even more confident saying that the processor was holding back the Toshiba. SECOND UPDATE: I returned this Chromebook and instead purchased the Acer C720 with the Core i3 processor. I didn't notice until I started using the Acer how slow the Toshiba was. Things I attributed to ChromeOS really were due to the hardware of the machine. For instance, the first thing I Googled when I had my Toshiba was something like "Chromebook lags while typing". I spent a fair amount of time trying to find out why my Chromebook couldn't keep up with my keystrokes. I attributed this to a background update or something native to ChromeOS. Wrong! I have never had that problem with the i3 processor. The processor makes all the difference.