Why would anybody buy this thing. It can't run the majority of software available and your locked into google for everything. Google likes to steal and copy from others. Larry and Sergey stole the idea of backwards search from Mr. Li who went on to found Baidu. They bought android. Google has invented nothing proprietary and they are still an ad company. 98% of their revenue comes for selling good old fashioned ads.
For the same amount of money, I can buy a magnificent touch screen windows 8 machine. We have been using win8 with Lenovo touchscreens, the dell one 27 touch screens and the Surface Pro ( which incidentally can replace my laptop and iPad). Win 8 is a fast fluid, intuitive system which is extremely powerful and rock steady reliable. And it boots up in 9 seconds. The Surface is instantaneous. With these machines, I can run the most productive and powerful software available, not subpar nonsense like google docs, etc. The chrome book is ridiculous- I'll stick with the beautiful win8 or or the apple MacBook Pro. These are Tate of the art powerhouses, not limited glorified net books like the junk google pedals.