While I was out of town, an unlabeled box arrived.  My oldest son said something about a lithium battery label.  I told him to just leave it and I would open it when I got home.  Saturday morning, I opened the box.  Having been on the beta train with Google with just about every product they have put out over the years, I was disappointed that I didn’t get one of these in the first round.  However, now that it has arrived I have no hard feelings.  :-)

I’ve done my normal tweaks to Chrome (reduced font size to 14) and sync’d all my extensions.  Everything works as expected, although I did experience some flaky sounds coming from a video playing. I power-cycled the notebook and it worked once again.  Hopefully it’s not a sign of things to come.

Anyways, the battery life looks good from its first charge.  Screen is good and bright on and off the battery.  The fonts are clear and edges are crisp.  No noticeable heat, so it’s comfortable to operate from your lap.  Chrome performance is a bit less than what I get on the company laptop (Lenovo T400), but more than acceptable for what it is.

Obviously this isn’t really a test of the hardware, but a test of the platform and cloud living.  I hope to have regular posts about my experiences with the notebook that I can share with whomever stumbles upon my posts.