I was one of the beta testers provided with a CR48 Chromebook a short while back. It's fast, does much of what I need, and it was free (can't beat that!).
That having been said...Netflix is very important, and although they are working on it, I would wait until the app is available. Offline document editing? Same deal, to me...wait.
The Verizon teaser is a nice touch, and it would be nice if they continue providing this with the retail units.
It would be nice to be able to install normal Linux apps more easily...but...I can totally see why they can't support this directly in their 'steamroller effect'*-proof vision.
(*if it gets run over by a steamroller, you can boot up another one and be right back where you left off)
I've been blogging about my experiences with the CR48 on my site, FWIW.
http://www.lukegerhardt.com/ 
