My brief work with Acer’s new Chromebook is optimistic about caution

New left Chromebook Plus Spin 514,, It was announced in IFA 2025 in Berlin, it is the first laptop for the company that uses the Mediaatek Kompanio Ultra 910 -based processor. This slide was used in Lenovo Chromebook Plus 14 Which was launched earlier this summer, and it was supposed to be performed excellent and the marathon battery life in this laptop without a fan. Lenovo “The New King of Chromebooks”, and it appears that Acer of $ 699.99, which was launched this month, is about to be a strong alternative – especially if you prefer a transformable touch screen and do not mind hearing one of the fans at times.

Lee Eseri, the new CHROMBOK Plus 514, sent an early test, and after a period of short gradual time, I will probably say that the battery life is likely to be one of the strengths in Kompanio Ultra. IPS width options with a resolution of 1920 x 1200 or 2880 x 1800 will not be hung with the OLOD panels in Lenovo. But the Acer draw is the tuning screen covered by Gorilla 14 -inch Gorilla 2.0 (which is the USI 2.0 (which is Separate separately), Which allows you to use it such as a tablet, drawing it, or writing handwritten notes.

This, and has faster ports than Lenovo. The Chromebook Plus Spin 514 has two USB-C port with a 10GB per second with width and power delivery, two USB-A Gen 2 port, 3.5 mm audio. Acer also contains a 70WH battery compared to 60WH from Lenovo, such as Lenovo, it comes with Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 5.4, a random access memory of up to 16 GB, and up to 256 GB of UFS 4.0 storage. For a web camera, it provides either 1080 pixels or 5 megapixel options.

What Acer does not have, is the power button installed on my side. It is a little strange on 2 in 1, because if he goes to sleep in a tablet mode, you should reach the surface of the keyboard for the power button. Speakers are also located in a fiery distance on the surface of the keyboard, so in place the tent or the tablet of the tablet, you are moving already and gentle speakers. far From you.

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