Chrome, chromebook and related apps

I have a Samsung Chromebook and, although it's quite convenient, I found that there were just too many times when it couldn't do what I wanted it to and I had to resort to a proper PC.

Have a think about everything you do and consider whether you can do it in a web browser, because at the moment that's basically all they are.

A few things I found issues with were

• downloading files (bittorrent and NZB),
  
• using Office (I can't really get on with Google Docs but this may not be an issue for many),
  
• playing video files (you have to use their video player which isn't great and it seemed to struggle with some formats),
  
• playing music, there's no easy music library like winamp/itunes (although if you have a network connection the google play music is fine)
  
• printing, it wouldn't work with my wireless printer
  
• USB peripherals, it can cope with mass storage but anything more complicated is hit and miss.
  
  

It's definitely not a replacement for a main PC, as a secondary PC for web browsing and nothing else it's OK, more of a tablet replacement than PC replacement.