 So this right here is the Samsung Chromebook Pro. And before we even get started talking about this laptop, tablet, stylus thing, there's a few things that you should know. First, it's a $549 Chrome OS device that can run real Android apps. Second, it's a pretty darn good Chromebook, even though it is a little expensive. And third, this Pro is not coming out until April. Fourth, it's actually a really good thing that it's not coming out until April, because everything about those Android apps that I just mentioned are in beta. And this isn't the good kind of Gmail or iPhone beta where you get to try new stuff with just a few bugs here or there. No, this is the bad kind of beta, the kind you don't actually want to use yet. So what's it really like living in beta? Okay, let's dig in here. Samsung is actually releasing two different Chromebooks this year. This is the Pro, which has a faster Intel processor. It's gonna be black when it's released in April. This is just a pre-production unit. But there's also the Chromebook Plus, which is $449 and has a slower ARM processor, but it's coming out right away. We tested that too, and it's fine. It can't handle quite as many browser tabs, but it does way better than you might expect from its pokey processor. You may have noticed that I can flip this thing around and use it as a tablet, except, well, it's a really crappy tablet. You can't split screen stuff yet, and Android apps on Chrome are still in beta. It's just incredibly buggy. Here's one example, Alto's Adventure. It's a great game, it's pretty simple, but when I tried to play it, the frame rate was so low that I kept on crashing. It just doesn't work yet. The same thing happens with other games, like Asphalt 8. You just can't play it. I hope that Google gets it all fixed, and soon, because the idea of a Chromebook with real apps is enough to make me wonder if I even need a Mac or a Windows PC. And some of the app basics here are actually good. Microsoft Excel on Android is surprisingly great, and Adobe has begun to optimize some of its apps for the big screen. They're not as powerful as the real thing, but they might be enough for me. Just as a Chromebook, the Pro is solid. I can get 15 tabs or more going without a hiccup, and the battery life lasts over nine hours for me, which is more than enough. And the hardware is fine. It's solid and it's really well built, but it's not the prettiest thing. It's fairly light, it weighs less than 2 1⁄2 pounds, and it feels really sturdy. You can charge it from either of two USB-C ports, there's one on either side, and it even has a memory expansion slot. It is annoying that the keyboard isn't backlit, but that's really my only major complaint. It comes with a stylus, which is pretty cool. When you pull it out, it lets you screen grab stuff and then draw on it, like this. Or you can just take quick notes and then Google Keep will translate your scribbles into text. Now, the input lag isn't very good. It's nowhere near as good as you'll get on an iPad Pro or a Surface. But Google says that it's gonna start using machine learning to make it seem better. It's a neat idea, but again, it's just not ready yet. You buy a Chromebook because it just works and it stays out of your way. And the Chromebook Pro definitely does both of those things. With a few more months of software work, there could be something really great here. And there are going to be a ton of Chromebooks that are really compelling really soon, with Android apps and styluses and touch screens and the whole works. If Google can pull it off, it could give cheap Windows laptops a run for their money, but Google has not pulled it off yet. What you're looking at right now is just a bunch of promises.
 So this right here is the Samsung Chromebook Pro.
 And before we even get started talking about this laptop,
 tablet, stylus thing,
 there's a few things that you should know.
 First, it's a $549 Chrome OS device
 that can run real Android apps.
 Second, it's a pretty darn good Chromebook,
 even though it is a little expensive.
 And third, this Pro is not coming out until April.
 Fourth, it's actually a really good thing
 that it's not coming out until April,
 because everything about those Android apps
 that I just mentioned are in beta.
 And this isn't the good kind of Gmail or iPhone beta
 where you get to try new stuff
 with just a few bugs here or there.
 No, this is the bad kind of beta,
 the kind you don't actually want to use yet.
 So what's it really like living in beta?
 Okay, let's dig in here.
 Samsung is actually releasing
 two different Chromebooks this year.
 This is the Pro, which has a faster Intel processor.
 It's gonna be black when it's released in April.
 This is just a pre-production unit.
 But there's also the Chromebook Plus,
 which is $449 and has a slower ARM processor,
 but it's coming out right away.
 We tested that too, and it's fine.
 It can't handle quite as many browser tabs,
 but it does way better than you might expect
 from its pokey processor.
 You may have noticed that I can flip this thing around
 and use it as a tablet,
 except, well, it's a really crappy tablet.
 You can't split screen stuff yet,
 and Android apps on Chrome are still in beta.
 It's just incredibly buggy.
 Here's one example, Alto's Adventure.
 It's a great game, it's pretty simple,
 but when I tried to play it,
 the frame rate was so low that I kept on crashing.
 It just doesn't work yet.
 The same thing happens with other games, like Asphalt 8.
 You just can't play it.
 I hope that Google gets it all fixed, and soon,
 because the idea of a Chromebook with real apps
 is enough to make me wonder
 if I even need a Mac or a Windows PC.
 And some of the app basics here are actually good.
 Microsoft Excel on Android is surprisingly great,
 and Adobe has begun to optimize some of its apps
 for the big screen.
 They're not as powerful as the real thing,
 but they might be enough for me.
 Just as a Chromebook, the Pro is solid.
 I can get 15 tabs or more going without a hiccup,
 and the battery life lasts over nine hours for me,
 which is more than enough.
 And the hardware is fine.
 It's solid and it's really well built,
 but it's not the prettiest thing.
 It's fairly light, it weighs less than 2 1⁄2 pounds,
 and it feels really sturdy.
 You can charge it from either of two USB-C ports,
 there's one on either side,
 and it even has a memory expansion slot.
 It is annoying that the keyboard isn't backlit,
 but that's really my only major complaint.
 It comes with a stylus, which is pretty cool.
 When you pull it out, it lets you screen grab stuff
 and then draw on it, like this.
 Or you can just take quick notes
 and then Google Keep will translate your scribbles
 into text.
 Now, the input lag isn't very good.
 It's nowhere near as good as you'll get
 on an iPad Pro or a Surface.
 But Google says that it's gonna start using machine learning
 to make it seem better.
 It's a neat idea, but again, it's just not ready yet.
 You buy a Chromebook because it just works
 and it stays out of your way.
 And the Chromebook Pro definitely does
 both of those things.
 With a few more months of software work,
 there could be something really great here.
 And there are going to be a ton of Chromebooks
 that are really compelling really soon,
 with Android apps and styluses and touch screens
 and the whole works.
 If Google can pull it off,
 it could give cheap Windows laptops a run for their money,
 but Google has not pulled it off yet.
 What you're looking at right now
 is just a bunch of promises.