Samsung XE 300M Chromebox pictures and hands-on - Pocket-lint Reviews

Samsung's new Chromebox is essentially a desktop version of its Chromebook. It's a little bit cheaper at £280, instead of £380 for the Chromebook Series 5 550. It lacks the display, but has a lot more connectivity - especially in terms of video output....

Plenty of connectivity, largely safe from viruses, small and light, great if you live in the Google universe

Not cheap enough, feels sluggish, HDMI would be nice, lack of compelling apps, begs to be made into a media player

If you want a Chrome device, then the Chromebox is a decent enough machine. It feels a bit slow - it's certainly not as enjoyable to use as our Windows-based desktop and it's obviously a lot more limited.