Chromebooks Get Cheaper

Looks like Google’s Chromebooks aren’t selling as quickly as the company and its partners would like — the laptops are getting a price cut. Beginning this week, Samsung and Acer will both drop the prices on certain Chromebook models to $299. That’s certainly better than the previous $349, but it’s still a bit steep for a device that, as Walt Mossberg said in his review, “can do almost nothing unless it has an active Internet connection.”