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Marcus Allinson

Size of a piece of A4 paper. Battery life lasts me 2/3 days. Love it.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 3, 2019

Size of a piece of A4 paper. Battery life lasts me 2/3 days. Love that I'm able to flip it into different designs that suit me: cinema mode etc. Brought this Chromebook on the recommendation of an IT friend, we particularly went for this one as it’s superfast,especially considering the £199 price tag- and does exactly what we want, you can download apps as well from the google play store so in a way it’s a bit like an Android phone or tablet. There's double the RAM and storage as my old one, the build quality is very good, the screen has good colours and contrast and seems a bit sharper. It has Gorilla glass screen protection and a much better and fast more powerful processor. All in all a great Chromebook with some great features and great for the price, we would definitely recommend this.

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Andy C

Excellent chromebook

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 28, 2020

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What can I say:

Pros - battery life lasts a long time; the screen is clear and the touch screen works well; android games work*; no problem playing HD content from netflix or youtube; and the expandable storage is a bonus.

Cons - *some android games can be a bit glitchy ; and there is the occasional time the android emulator crashes when in tablet mode (this doesn't crash the laptop though).

Overall - excellent value for money and ideal as my nine year old first laptop. So good in fact i am hoping my laptop breaks sometime soon so I can get one!

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CONtROL

It Just Works.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 19, 2019

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After having previous experiences with Chromebooks that didn't have a convertible/touchscreen design and realising that my Windows laptop that I use for university would be too slow and heavy for basic web-browsing and video watching, I decided to take the plunge on getting another Chromebook. I chose this Chromebook in particular due to the touchscreen/tablet mode allowing me to take full advantage of the apps from the Play Store, and I do not regret the decision to get this one bit.

For basic web-browsing, gaming, note-taking and video watching purposes, this £250 laptop actually outperforms my £600+ Windows laptop speed-wise, which I found pleasantly surprising, considering the difference between an Intel Core i5 on my main university laptop and this AMD A4 processor. Because of the lack of system overhead that you get with Windows devices, and the fact that a lot of what you will do on a Chromebook will take place on the internet, it takes a lot to slow down a Chromebook and the performance does not deteriorate in the same way that a Windows laptop will. Even with this AMD processor, the odd sluggish moment using Android apps aside, you do not notice a compromise in overall performance on this laptop.

The fact that you can natively run Android games and apps (including Snapchat, VLC and Spotify) both in laptop and tablet mode is one of the best features of any Chromebook, especially on a design like this. Don't let people scaremonger you by saying that Chromebooks are useless offline, you can run office apps offline, if you download VLC for Android and then link it to a media folder on an SD card using the MicroSD card slot, then you have the Chromebook equivalent of Windows Media Player. All of the Android games and downloadable media that you have access to using Android apps means that you will not be suffering from boredom when you are offline. While it might be annoying and a pain having to find replacements for Windows programs that you might use regularly,

The design is durable with it being military-grade testing alongside a rubberised feel on the sides of the laptop with a spill-proof keyboard, which is more then most laptops in this price range. Because of this, I'm confident in the knowledge that it would take a lot to break this device, not that I have any plans on doing so. Because of this, it is slightly heavier than what you'd expect from a laptop of this size, but it is still light enough to use in tablet mode. The port selection is perfect with the aforementioned MicroSD port alongside 4 USB ports (2 standard ports for data transfer and 2 USB-C ports that is used for charging) Speaking of which, the screen is perfectly adequate with just a 720p (HD) screen but at least it (unlike a lot of Chromebooks around this price range) has an IPS display with better viewing angles than the TN panels used in cheaper Chromebooks.

The few (minor) downsides you get with this laptop is the fact that the (supposed) Linux support is broken since no program is able to display properly, probably due to the AMD processor, the battery life not lasting as last as some other Chromebooks (but it still lasts longer than the equivalent Windows models), although it is still good by most standards and the touchpad/screen just being ok. Other than that, this is the baseline Chromebook that all potential buyers should consider before upsizing or downsizing to another Chromebook model - it is that good, as it represents everything good about Chromebooks (cheap price, good battery life, smooth performance despite low specs, effective Android app compatibility) with little to no compromise in this price range. A must buy that could very well replace a Macbook Air for general performance since I believe that Chromebooks in general offer a similar performance level for less.

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Craigc

Why pay for more?

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 31, 2019

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I have just has and returned an ASUS Chromebook C223NA which was a nice chromebrook but I wanted more such as the 360 flip and touch screen. I've read a lot of reviews and watch a lot of videos and settled for Acer for this purpose. Whilst I was interested in the Spin 13 at £500 it is bordering a moderate windows laptop in terms of spec and territory and I associate chromebooks with low spec and price. Whilst a Pixel or higher price chromebook is what I'd love at £800+ it is too much for what they are. After much deliberation I went back to my own spec of low price, touch and flip screen and checked what was available. I was apprehensive at ordering this model with an AMD but given that it is about £80 cheaper than the equivalent with celeron and offers the same performance and battery I decided to take the jump.

From taking it out of the box and booting up I can confirm it does linux apps, google play and the screen is nice. It's not full HD, the web cam is usuable and the keyboard feels a little clunky. The laptop overall is a pleasure to use, the peformance is as good as the celeron which what was in my asus. I've ordered a stylus and I believe for my 5 weeks travel in a back pack it will be great. It is built solidly albeit 0.5kg heavier than the asus but feels more flexible with the screen and chrome OS is just simple and not bloated like windows. Plus if it gets damaged or stolen I do not really care at £250.

So in all, don't bother with the more expensive one and save the money. Don't bother listening to the reviews or watching the youtube videos. It just works and yes would be good for kids.

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Jodi

Brilliant Budget Laptop

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 12, 2020

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I spent ages trolling the internet to find a good budget laptop that would suit all my needs and it was stressful. However I came across this one and after reading the reviews on Amazon I was pretty confident it would be great for me. Received it next day and I was not disappointed! So easy to set up and use, and can handle everything I want it to do so far! I also like the app concept of it because it is similar to my phone, and I could link everything which made it so easy to set up. Super happy with this and would highly recommend.

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R. Walsh

Really pleased

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 2, 2020

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I messed around for ages trying to work out the best Chromebook to buy at this price point (£250-ish)

Really pleased with this product. Excellent value. Boots up quickly , is very responsive, touchscreen is good and battery life seems fine.

Definitely feel I made the right choice

Miss Katharine L Forbes

Great Product

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 2, 2020

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Bought for my teenage son for school. He needs a tablet for lessons, but when his tablet broke I looked around for something that could double up as both a tablet and a laptop type device which he will need in the coming year.

He is really pleased with this Chromebook. It does everything he needs, plus he is able to do some programming which he loves (he does need to use a traditional laptop for some of the higher end things).

For the price it is a really great product!

Markos

Can't believe its price

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 15, 2020

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Acer nailed it with this one. You get a who!e !ot more than what you're paying for. A touch screen, very good battery life, quite fast and responsive for all basic tasks. I use it as a laptop but also as a desktop with an external monitor and keyboard and it gets things done. Al for this price that is quite unbelievable. I recommend it.

Bern

Wifi issues

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 10, 2019

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Wifi kept dropping out not an issue on my other Chrome book or my phone or desktop pc which connects wirelessly too. When it did connect it wouldnt allow access to random web pages given a message that the website didn't allow me access to that page. For example I was on the Amazon web page and it wouldn't allow access to another page on a link to similar item for sale on Amazon. During the brief periods it would connect to the wifi everything had a nasty sepia tint to it, overlaying the colour profile and making images look insipid. Returned for a refund, I've had an Asus chrome book for over a year with no problems other than it has become a little slow so ordered this for the increased RAM...I will just stick with the Asus

Shaun

Utterly terrible

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 14, 2020

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I normally build my own operating systems on second hand hardware but decided I wanted something with Google backing that would be rock solid

No.

Trying to run Alto's oddessy, a 2 year old 2d line rider game which works on my 7 yo phone had constant glitches and made the device scream.

I tried enabling dark mode, which is admittedly an experimental flag but ludicrously popular, commonly used, and aesthetic only, *bricked* the device. Had to burn a recovery usb. Google knew about this on another device and disabled it for that but apparently this model wasn't even tested.

The audio quality is awful, and sounds a decade out of date.

Linux support is a non-starter at the minute on it. Performance is awful. Tried Crostini and crouton. Returned for a refund

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