Why Chromebooks Are Still Useful, Even in the Tablet Age

Poor Google. Every time it unveils a new Chromebook, like the $249 version announced on Thursday, the company gets confronted with critics who think the concept has no business existing. You can’t blame people for being skeptical. The new Samsung Chromebook, like all its predecessors, is little more than a Chrome web browser running on a laptop. It raises questions about why anyone wouldn’t prefer a more full-featured laptop instead, and one that isn’t as crippled without an...