Acer Chromebook Plus Spin 514 Review: The New Go-To 2in-1 Chromebook

I am optimistic about Acer’s Chromebook Plus Spin 514 when I tested a model before production Last month, the final unit is here now and it sticks to landing. Well, mostly.

The latest ACER of the convertible Chromebook has ZipPy and OIDLes for battery life, along with a good touch screen with pen support. But the crazy loudspeakers and there is no fingerprint sensor make its price of 700 dollars tougher to swallow, and prevents it from canceling the disposal of Lenovo Chromebook Plus 14Our king The current Chromebook book.

Our Acer Chromebook Plus Spin 514 review unit Base $ 699 composition. It has a Mediaatek (such as the last Lenovo) processor, 12 GB RAM, and 256 GB of UFS storage. The 14 -inch touch screen contains 1920 x 1200 update 120 Hz and reaches 300 brightness networks. The USI 2.0 patterns supports, although they are sold separately and there is no place on the laptop to store it. Energy sells Specifications of $ 799.99 With 16 GB RAM and 2880 x 1800 resolution slight More bright at 340 groups, but this view does not really solve the largest negative aspects of rotation.

I hope the screen will be brighter (400 groups or higher, perfectly), and always better OLED and 2.5 thousand, but this is a beautiful appearance IPS panel. I confirm that the 1920 x 1200 decision is good (no idealBut the minimum acceptable specifications (for a 14 -inch screen if everything looks good in colors and contrast. This is the case here. It does not seem vital, bright and contradictory like OLED on Lenovo, but update the fastest 120 Hz is a decent consolation. The pen is sensitive to clarify the notes on the 514 rotating in the mode of the tablet, although the palm rejection may be a little better. I had some rare cases as I drew my finger joint a small line. But this is a solid screen with a fast and fast update rate, which is connected to durable joints at a 360 -degree angle.

The SPIN 514 star is the Kompanio Ultra 910 processor. The arm -based chip is fast enough for daily productivity tasks and typical web applications for chromos, and continues more easily more than a full working day on battery power. Unlike Lenovo’s Chromebook Plus with the same slide, Spin has a cooling fan. It seems that it results in a slightly better reference degree than the Chromebook than Lenovo Plus 14, but in regular use I rarely hear the fan ever. I can work one day to nine hours consisting of Slack, Google documents, playing music on Spotify, many messages, and many Open Chrom tabs the next A day before having to ship. I love this kind of freedom.

For basic components such as the keyboard, tracking plate and ports, SPIN 514 is solid across the plate. The keyboard is not by touch and touch like its counterpart in Lenovo, but it is good to write, the main travel is suitable. A good mechanical tracking panel like those in Lenovo Chromebook Plus 14, but with a better and more humid voice. Its ports of two USB-C is twice the speed of Lenovo.

The 514 rotating web camera is a huge upgrade from The last Acer laptop that you have experienced. Instead of an exaggerated image, crunchy, the 5 -megapixel camera here is sharp and adequately contrasting. He deals with mixed light and low light well enough, although he sometimes fights with really bright scenes near the window, and stops a moment to determine that my face was detonated and needs to be reduced. But on average, this is a very good webcam.

Where Acer is stumbling is SPIN 514 loudspeakers and a vital login deficiency. If you are using Android, you can save yourself from placing the screen pin each time by connecting your phone and near. But this is not an alternative to unlocking the laptop quickly using fingerprints. Specific amplifiers are equally disturbing, and are on the keyboard wings they release away from you in a tablet / tent. But even when you are directed at you, they look muddy and written. You can always circumvent poor loudspeakers with headphones or outdoor speakers, but they are a lesion on this great laptop.

Acer Chromebook Plus Spin 514 is not the new king or the chromebooks queen, but it is a respectable Duke or Duchess. The new ARM -based Chromebooks strikes this patient balance only from the wonderful performance and long battery life, and I do not see a great reason for sacrificing anyone or both with an Intel model unless it is sensitive to the price.

If you are buying a sophisticated Chromebook myself today, choose Lenovo Chromebook Plus 14 for another $ 50. I like 2 in 1 like Acer because they sometimes allowed me to take the keyboard out of the way to see things, but I do not mind sticking to the shape of the appearance of the nullity in exchange for the OLED screen, good speakers, and fingerprint sensor. If the price is larger, it may rethink things. This is probably just a matter of time. ACER, Kelly Odle, ACER relations, told me that this $ 699 laptop will get regular discounts of up to $ 599.99 in Best Buy. I can still recommend Spin 514 at the full price of someone truly The Chromebook wants a convertable. It is very good 2 in 1 which will be convincing on a larger scale if it is and when it is sold.

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