White Acer CB5-132T-C1LK 11.6 Inches Laptop Review

I want to give a brief background of where I’m coming from and what I think about the new Acer Chromebook 11. In the past I have owned a Thinkpad laptop, a Dell notebook with a touchscreen and pen, and a couple of tower desktop computers. I have also owned two Android devices. These days I mostly use an Ipad for web browsing and apps, and a desktop for word processing, printing, Microsoft office needs, the occasional game, etc. I needed something at my work that was small and light and did not need a lot of computing power. I didn’t want to spend much money. After hearing about Chromebooks for a while, I did as much research as I could and decided a Chromebook fit the bill.
Amazon has a ton of Chromebooks, and I was about to buy the Chromebook 11 from last year, then found an article that was 1 day old saying that Acer had just released their new 2016 version of the 2 GB Chromebook 11. They explained that this one was built to be quite durable with an aluminum... Read more

This review is for the clamshell model, NOT the flip model.

Oh man. This is the little laptop that can. I've wanted a Chromebook for a while just as a tinker laptop. As a developer, I'm always looking for new tech to experiment with and this hasn't let me down. I find myself reaching for it more than any other device now. (Including an iPad Pro which used to be my go-to for getting on the web at home.)

The size is perfect. It's not going to replace my home computer nor my development laptop. But it's the right size and weight to grab whenever I nee a computer "right now" to look up something, compose a quick email, etc. I even use it for presenting during our daily meetings connected to a projector. Chrome itself is superb if you're doing nothing more than using the internet. I've even found enough solutions for more fringe stuff that I want to be able to do. For example, I have a vast assortment of plain text notes stored in Dropbox that need to be... Read more

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The Acer Chromebook 11 is probably my pick now for sub $200 Chromebooks. The reason is that it has the nicest display (IPS) you'll see at this price point on any platform from any brand.This is not a full HD display but rather a lower resolution 1366x768 display. Nevertheless it looks much better than the TN panels you'll see on other similarly priced devices.

It's powered by last year's Intel N2840 Celeron processor at 2.16ghz and has 2 gigabytes of RAM and 16 gigabytes of on board storage. The Acer Chromebook 11's SD card slot does sit flush to the side of the computer though, so it does provide some opportunities for expanded storage.

Performance is decent for basic web browsing tasks and on par with other devices from Acer and others at this $180 price point.

The hardware overall is well constructed and it's very comfortable to type on. My only gripe is with its trackpad that requires a little too much... Read more