Printing through was simple, even though I didn't have access to an official Cloud printer. I set up cloud printing on my desktop at work (it's a setting within the Chrome browser), then the Chromebook could use any printer my desktop could access, including printers on the PCWorld network.

Chrome OS now has a desktop, though you likely won't spend much time there. There's a taskbar, where you can put shortcuts to apps you use frequently, and a status area that reports things like Wi-Fi connection status and battery life. But I couldn't find a way to put a shortcut to an app or file on the desktop itself -- it's really just a pretty picture.

You can now use multiple windows in Chrome, though they're all just separate browser windows. Still, that can be helpful -- you can jump from one window to another with Alt-Tab or with a special function button. Each window has something that looks like a Windows maximize button, but it operates four ways through gestures. If you click on it and drag down, the window minimizes. Drag up and it goes full screen. Drag to the left or right and the window docks on either side, taking up half the screen. It's a fun innovation.

The Chromebook still features its quirky keyboard. The biggest quirk is the lack of a Caps Lock key -- that's replaced with a pretty unnecessary search button. All the search button does is open a new tab, something that's easily done with Ctrl-T. If you miss Caps Lock, you can restore it through the Chromebook's settings. Other unconventional keyboard choices work better. I like the function button for switching between windows and one for toggling between full screen and normal mode. There are also dedicated forward, back and reload buttons, which make lots of sense for a notebook built for the web. Hit Ctrl and the Search button and you'll go to an smartphone-like grid of shortcuts to your apps. And if you have a better memory than I do, you can learn the dozens of keyboard shortcuts -- hit Ctrl+Alt+? for a full list.

As much as I liked the Chromebook I tested, it had one fatal flaw. I've left it to the end of this review because I hope that it's just a failing of my particular test machine and not one that's endemic to the Samsung Chromebooks. The problem: My Chromebook would regularly lose its connection to the web -- kind of a big deal for a notebook built to work almost entirely online.