Acer Chromebook C720 Touchscreen 11.6" Laptop Black - 2GB RAM 16GB SSD HD Intel 2955U 1.4GHz WiFi Google Chrome Bluetooth Webcam C

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The company has refreshed the C7 Chromebook series' design language with a moonstone-white color and durable polycarbonate build, which is a welcome change from the tired brushed aluminum we've seen on the C720 and C710 Acer Chromebooks. And most importantly, it promises more than double the battery life of the previous model while still improving performance. Looks aren't everything, and I'm hardly embarrassed to be using it in public, but there's nothing about the C740's look that will draw any envy from your friends when they see it.

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In stark contrast to the Chromebook 11 (and much more similar to that of past Chromebooks), the Acer C720’s case makes no attempts to hide the machine’s inexpensive nature. If our analysis stopped here, the HP Chromebook 11 would have taken the crown without a second thought. Unlike the sleek, Macbook-like white glossy plastic that surrounds the Chromebook 11’s magnesium core, the C720 shrugs its shoulders with an undistinguished outfit of matte grey and black plastic. In fact, colors on the C720P's display looked almost entirely different than those on the HP Chromebook 11, which sports the same size and resolution.Loading and working on spreadsheets in Google Docs feels just as fast as it does on Intel Core i3- and -i5-equipped Windows and Mac laptops. CloudReady works much like a Chromebook but it is really intended to rescue old Windows and Mac laptops. UEFI firmware is available for all Haswell chromebook (Acer C720, HP Chromebook 14, Dell Chromebook 11, Toshiba Chromebook 1). During all battery tests, we disabled all screen dimming, timeouts, ambient light sensors, and sleep. This Chromebook's LCD registered 123 lux on our light meter -- well below the HP Chromebook 11 (218 lux) and behind the older Samsung Chromebook Series 3 (176 lux).

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Therefore, I will be rating the Acer Chromebook C720 an eight out of ten in this design review section. The Acer Chromebook C720 comes preloaded with such games as "Bejeweled" and "Angry Birds," as well as Pandora, photo-editing app Pixlr Touch Up, Evernote Web and The New York Times. Now the C720 is bringing the Pixel’s performance to the mass market, and even improving on the Pixel’s primary flaw: battery life.We launched six apps in the Google Chrome browser, played "Angry Birds" and launched four packaged apps without experiencing any lag. GHz Intel Celeron 2955 processor with 2GB of RAM and its 32GB SSD were more than enough for casual tasks. Lastly, at the end of each section of this review, I will be rating the Acer Chromebook C720 on a scale of one to ten. Of course, this removes all your files and settings so you may not want to do it very often but it’s nice to have the option. Sure it means there's a small fan system and vent in the hinge area, but it also means I can have absolutely zero worry about performance on this laptop.