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I was looking for a new Chromebook and the recertified Acer Chromebook 14 largely met my specifications. After using the laptop for nearly a month, I’m satisfied with my purchase. This Chromebook is the best looking Chromebook you’ll find. I love the all-aluminum design, and wish that the laptop’s performance was worthy of the eye catching design. The 1080p display is sharp and crisp, and the keyboard is average (not backlit). The mousepad is huge and subpar, so I use a wireless mouse which solves that problem. You’ll be hardpressed to find a sub-two hundred dollar Chromebook with these specs, and I wish that Acer included an SD card reader, an ethernet port, a delete key, and a decent soundcard. With the volume turned up it’s very difficult to hear the audio. The Chromebook arrived quickly, and this recertified product looked brand new. It's not perfect but it suits my current needs and I recommend this Chromebook as long as you know the drawbacks and limitations as I described. I’ve ordered other items from Acer recertified in the past, and I won’t hesitate to place more orders in the future.Read full review
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Refurbished
Will not load YouTube like all of my other computers do with grace. Why just YouTube? Other sites do load ok. Horrible touch pad. Weakly constructed. LH lever collapsing into chassis along with the pad itself. Plastic Screen ok. Bottom cover screws stripping from their cheap plastic threads. Keyboard ok. I expected much better from ACER. It is light and usable but very flimsy in use. Hopefully usable unti l get a real laptop sometime soon. Meanwhile, I largely rely on my PCs.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
I got it to see if I wanted to migrate from Windows to a Chromebook. This unit seems to do everything any Chromebook is capable of and it is quick. The screen is small and the keyboard is awkward (to me) but I've added a monitor and external keyboard / mouse. Now it really is a nice system and a replacement for a windows laptop. The only question is "Do I want to trust all of my personal information in the cloud?". The Acer is just fine.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Refurbished
Using it in the real world I started with bringing it to work. My company has a Bring Your Own Device network. Mostly for letting people check their work email on their personal phones without exposing the corporate intranet to outside devices. So integrating a Chromebook for my needs worked well. I spend most my day going from meeting to meeting, taking notes and making presentations. So I don’t have a huge reliance on the internal network files. I can store my OneNote notebook on the cloud and access it through Microsoft’s OneNote Online app. The all-day battery life, I usually get about 11 hours, of the Chromebook, is perfect for me. No more carrying a laptop and a power cord, needing to sit in the back of the conference room so I can use a plug as the day goes on. What it gets right The keyboard is also great. Some reviews complained about the shallow stroke of the keys, I for one like it. It makes for quieter typing while I am taking notes in meetings. I am able to type away without disturbing the proceedings. The keyboard is also spacious. I can’t type for long sessions and not have any issues with my hands cramping, which is something that bothered me with the Dell. In fact, I am typing this review on it now. I keep reading other reviews and they always say that, so I figured I should also. The screen is fantastic, the 1080p really pops and the colors look great. I sometimes will pull super HD videos up on YouTube just to see how good the screen looks. It has a low gloss finish so there is usually no problem with glare. I have not tried this laptop outside yet but I doubt the screen will be any less great. I also do some light photo editing and the clarity of the screen really helps with making those fine adjustments to darker images. This laptop comes with a mid-range Intel Celeron processor and 4GB RAM. On board is also 32GB of storage. I did buy it new so I also got a free 100GB on Google Drive. 98% of the files I need or use are on a cloud somewhere. So only having the 32GB with me is never a problem. Most other Chromebooks have an SD Card expansion slot, this one does not. It has not been an issue and I don’t think it really will. I am almost never somewhere without access to WiFi. This laptop also has two USB 3.0 ports, which makes transferring files to a USB stick a snap. When I need to do that, again, not often. It also has a headphone/headset jack that works great with my inline mic headphones. I am able to use Google Hangouts video chat without any issues.Read full review
Verified purchase: No
Follows the MacBook Air design, Responsive touch pad as good as MacAir, Good value, perfect for browsing internet without too much hassle of constant OS upgrade in Windows and Mac. this replaced a dead MacBook Air , and for this price I bought two of these at $250 US each. These are missing illuminated keyboard ,and SD card reader unlike MacAir, It comes with Full HD+ display, 4G RAM, headphone jack, Bluetooth 4.1, two USB 3.0 ports +HDMI and I wish it had a larger SSD than 32GB...
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Refurbished
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