Acer Chromebook 15 Review

Chromebooks are slowly creeping into the mainstream and beginning to take on the laptop market share and for good motive. They are low-cost and pretty nicely built. For the most half, Chromebooks have stayed within the under 13-inch display screen size range and lots of them ran slow processors. Acer aimed to change my mind about Chromebooks with their Acer Chromebook 15. Let’s see if they did, this is the Acer Chromebook 15 review.

Acer Chromebook 15: Design

Acer Chromebook 15 Design

The plastic Acer Chromebook 15 feels fairly sturdy like give it to your kid sturdy and it is covered with a woven white or black texture for a greater grip. On the top left of the laptop white back is a Chrome logo, whereas a silver Acer logo sits under that. The system is available in white or black; the white model appears sleeker, but the black model appears like it’ll stain and show dirt lots less simply. The white model to me simply appears like an extra professional grade product.

Under the lid is the Acer Chromebook 15 black island-style keyboard on a white deck flanked by 2 massive speakers. A generously sized touchpad sits under it, centered to the G and H keys. Dealing with the keyboard is a 15.6-inch display with anti-glare coating and a 720p webcam above it.

With its 15.1 x 9.7 x 0.95-inch profile, the Acer Chromebook 15 is bigger and thicker than the 13-inch Toshiba Chromebook 2 12.6 x 8.4 x 0.76 inch, the 13-inch Samsung Chromebook 2 12.72 x 8.80 x 0.65 inch and the 14-inch HP Chromebook 14 13.56 x 9.44 x 0.81 inches.

At 4.4 pounds, the Acer Chromebook 15 is also significantly heavier than the 2.95-pound Toshiba, the 3-pound Samsung, and the 4-pound Hewlett Packard. This is a laptop that is finest for home use rather than travel, but 4.4 pounds is pretty light for a 15-inch laptop.

Acer Chromebook 15: Display

Acer Chromebook 15 Display

The display is huge and sports a high-resolution for a low-cost system at 1920×1080. However, it additionally appears a bit of dim. It is hard to see in medium to bright lighting, even indoors. I needed to pump up the brightness level to about 80% to make use of it in most settings. Outside it is nearly not possible to see. Colors look acceptable and video displayed adequately. It is an educational and business, not an entertainment system.

Acer Chromebook 15: Hardware

Acer Chromebook 15 Hardware

A plastic build, the outside of the Acer Chromebook 15 is textured, which is bound to attract dust from fingerprints and surrounding surfaces. In very gentle handling.

Across the sides, you’ve your typical compliment of ports; HDMI, USB, SD Card, and so on. The processor could also be 1.66GHz, which is a spec-sheet line item more akin to mobile units, but it is nice except you attempt heavy multitasking. Acer Chromebook 15 packed in 4GB RAM and fast SSD memory, which helps. The MIMO WiFi additionally helps Acer Chromebook 15 hot-walk by duties with ease.

Under the hood, there is a really standard Chrome OS keyboard which has decent key travel, and speakers on both sides. The trackpad has a rubbery feel but is pleasantly responsive.

Acer Chromebook 15: Software

Acer Chromebook 15 Software

Running Chrome OS there actually is not too much to speak about right here. Chrome OS continues to become increasingly more capable and the concept behind it’s storing information within the cloud and utilizing on-line applications instead of native apps. Google has managed to make it work fairly seamlessly, especially when you are cued into their ecosystem. The small SSD (32GB) should not be a problem with 100GB of Google Drive included with this machine.

Acer Chromebook 15: Keyboard

Acer Chromebook 15 Keyboard

The keyboard seems to be ported over from the Acer Chromebook 15 through on this kind factor I can not say I appreciated it quite as a lot. With a device this massive I was anticipating more travel to the keys. That being stated, I had no issues typing quickly and accurately on this device.

Acer Chromebook 15: Touchpad

Acer Chromebook 15 Touchpad

The Acer Chromebook 15 roomy 4.2 x 3-inch touchpad feels responsive and good. Mousing around feels accurate, and gestures like 2-finger scrolling are responsive.

Acer Chromebook 15: Webcam

Acer Chromebook 15 Webcam

The Acer Chromebook 15 comes with a built-in webcam, but sadly it is only 720p. For me, that is not a lot of a giant deal because it is not something I use often sufficient though I do use it sometimes. For some, this will be a deal breaker as lots of people need the latest 1080p HD technology.

Acer Chromebook 15: Ports

Acer Chromebook 15 Ports

The Acer Chromebook 15 is packing Acer’s standard assortment of a USB 3.0 port, a USB 2.0 port, a full-size SD card slot, full-size HDMI out for an external display screen, and Kensington lock slot. This Chromebook additionally has Bluetooth 4.0 and wireless up to and together with AC. One weird quirk is that SD cards don’t fully insert into this laptop, which is a bit foolish considering its mammoth dimension.

Acer Chromebook 15: Speaker

Acer Chromebook 15 Speakers

The Acer Chromebook 15 speakers are able to cover a reasonably vast spectrum of sound and generate the sound at a becoming volume level. However, the speakers do not produce wealthy bass tones. The Chromebook’s sound ought to be adequate for the occasional film or TV show via music lovers are better off using external speakers or headphones.

Acer Chromebook 15: Battery

Acer Chromebook 15 Battery

Battery life on the Acer Chromebook 15 is also good. Acer says you have to be good to go with 8 hours of battery life and they are right. I was able to pull simply over 8 hours of constant use with display screen brightness at max. After all outcomes might vary, but it is a stable battery performer.

Acer Chromebook 15: Performance

Acer Chromebook 15 Performance

An Intel Core i3 processor with 4GB RAM and a 32GB SSD makes this a very fast system, for a Chromebook. If this was a PC or Mac I would have to write about how it is a low-end system with meager specifications, but as a Chromebook, it’s one of the extra powerful systems out the re.

Do folks want all of this power in a Chromebook? Not most of the time. However, individuals who run lots of applications with a ton of visually intense web pages will enjoy the high ceiling they get with this the lot processing power.

Google’s Octane Benchmark shows the ability of a Chromebook in addition to another benchmark since it runs inside a browser. A score of 15386 utilizing a weak Wi-Fi connect shows the ability of the system. Most Chromebooks common between 8,000 and 10,000 for a quick system. The quickest I have seen earlier than was an Intel Core i3 system from Lenovo. It maxed at around 12,000. Zipso.net exhibits a list of the most well-liked Chromebooks and lists the Acer Chromebook 15 as faster than every other speedy Chromebook with a few exceptions: the Acer Chromebook C740 with the same Intel Core i3 and the Chromebook Pixel running an Intel Core i5.

The Acer does not just do well on benchmarks. Open a ton of tabs and web applications and it still snaps quickly when switching between them. It boots and restarts in seconds. I could not make it slow down a bit.

Charge up the Acer Chromebook 15 to 100% after which use it all a day, due to an excellent battery. In spite of the extra powerful processor and running the display screen brighter than we have to with most laptops, we still saw 6 to 8 hours of battery life with it hitting the 7-hour mark consistently.

Acer Chromebook 15: Specification

• OS: Google Chrome OS
• Body: 15.1 x 9.7 x 0.95 inches
• Weight: 4.4 pounds
• Display: 1920×1080 pixels, 15.6 inch
• Memory: 32 GB internal, 4 GB RAM
• Webcam: 720p
• Processor: Intel Core i3
• Battery: 8 hours

Acer Chromebook 15: Verdict

Acer Chromebook 15 Verdict

The Acer Chromebook 15 is a fairly hefty laptop that in some methods does not in any respect feel like a Chromebook. That is not essentially a bad thing, though particularly if you are in search of an affordable laptop that you can watch Netflix on. Actually, in that case, this is probably the perfect purchase for you. The Acer Chromebook 15 even does fairly well with battery life, despite the large, shiny display. You will get somewhere between 7 and 9 hours most often, depending on how you are utilizing the display.

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