Google ChromeBook?

Google has announced the specifications of the Google ChromeBook. The specs are great for the price that are selling for and can do almost all the tasks that a regular person would be doing with the computer. The question is... "Is it going to be good?" Now many Google users that has signed up for the Cr-48 Chromebook had gotten the ChromeBook for free, with the internet. Many users that already have the laptop say it is good but they can't elaborate more on it for many reasons. Now to matter of this topic is that should the laptop have some type of subscription fee to use the operating system because it can do mostly eveything? I have no problems with windows so far but that is because I had built my own computer. Most Windows problems are based off the hardware. If windows became selective of the parts they use and dont use they would never have problems.