Samsung Chromebook Wi-Fi XE303C12 11.6" 16GB Exynos 5 Dual 1.7 GHz Notebook for $239.99 w/FS

is there anyway to add a substantial amount of local storage to this?

It can read sd cards, flash drives, and external hard drives

Quote from fyu : is there anyway to add a substantial amount of local storage to this?

You need to use the cloud that comes with a goggle account.

battery life ?
may convert to windows 8 RT

Quote from fyu : is there anyway to add a substantial amount of local storage to this?

Insert a SD card.

Quote from cgigate : battery life ? may convert to windows 8 RT

The Chromebook is not Windows based. It is Linux. The average charge is about six hours.

Had anyone purchased from this guy "Johnnys-General-Electronics" before???
For a $10 of savings compared to legit sellers like newegg it may not worth the risk

Quote from cgigate : battery life ? may convert to windows 8 RT

Windows 8 RT is god awful pos. I got an amazing deal recently on windows rt tablet, almost 50% off, and yet had to return it back after a week of usage. Can't stand how crappy it is.

Quote from galets : Windows 8 RT is god awful pos. I got an amazing deal recently on windows rt tablet, almost 50% off, and yet had to return it back after a week of usage. Can't stand how crappy it is.

why? 0.

I picked this up a month ago. Really liked the form factor and was looking for something to grab for quick meetings without paying Ultrabook, MacAir prices. I'm also a Linux geek and you can boot a version of Ubuntu off of a SD card. Originally, I thought this was great as I could install java (missing on Chrome OS) and maybe Office apps in some form.

Once I got into though I found a couple of gotchas (for me). The ARM version of java is still hard to deal with and running Office apps or a VM on a non-Intel processor was a no go.

I ended up giving the Samsung away and picked up a Acer C7 for $199 and bumped the RAM to 8GB and replace the HD with a 120GB SSD (voids warranty though). Now I dual boot ChromeOS and Chrubuntu and in Chrubuntu can run Office apps under Wine and Windows under VMware. The Celeron 847 and NM10 chipset does a pretty good job for what they are.

Just my experience for those interested in the Samsung. I liked it a lot, just didn't do what I needed.

just 10$ cheaper than amazon. Why would I buy it from ebay?

http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-XE3...s=XE303C12

This is only $10 more at amazon and newegg although tax or shipping may trip you up. Good reviews on those sites:

http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-XE3...B009LL9VDG

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Pro...6834131403

Quote from mothernature : You need to use the cloud that comes with a goggle account.

eh. only for small stuff.

I'm mainly interested in using this to backup large amounts of data. Like copying videos from a drive.