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   Anonymous on August 22, 2019 at 1:49 pm

   41 of 42 people found the following review helpful

   
   I’m starting to like this little laptop, March 30, 2018

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   Pippa Lee (Honolulu, HI USA)

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   I needed to replace my old Samsung tablet. It still works but the OS is so outdated that I can no longer download new apps. After some researching and intent-searching, I decided to buy a Chromebook instead of a plain tablet. Many people have described Chromebooks as tablets with a keyboard and since I like to write, I thought they would be more appropriate for me than a tablet. However, I wasn’t about to give up on tablet features so I bought the 2-in-1 Acer Chromebook R11. And so far, I’m enjoying the best of two worlds, I mean, of two devices.

   I bought this Chromebook to take with me when I travel. It measures 11 ½” x 8” and it’s about a little over ¾” thick. It weighs over 2 ½ lb. but less than 3 lb., so even though it’s not the slimmest and lightest laptop on the market, it’s still comfortable to carry around. However, it makes for a heavy tablet. The body feels like it is all plastic. The back has a nice crisscross pattern that adds texture to the surface and helps you keep your grip on the laptop. It features a headphone/microphone jack and a USB 2.0 port on the right side and an HDMI, USB 3.0 ports and an SD slot on the left side. I’m glad that I can add a SD card to increase the memory storage. 4GB never seems to be enough and although you’re supposed to save all your work to Google Drive, I like to save it locally too.

   What you get in the box is the device, the power cable, and adapter, the set up guide, contact information and the Acer limited warranty. Setting it up was pretty easy. It found my Wi-Fi without a problem. I am amazed at how fast it loads the OS and I am almost immediately greeted by the log-in screen. Once you’re set up, you don’t even have to press the power button. Just open the laptop and it’ll power up on its own even when you shut it down the night before. Unless you’re new to Google, you sign in with your Google account and password.

   I’m new to Chromebooks so there was some learning for me to do especially on how to use the trackpad. I found the trackpad to be responsive. Maybe a tad too sensitive because sometimes it seems that it has a mind of its own and opens tabs or takes me to web pages I haven’t click on yet. When I get frustrated with the trackpad, I fold the Chromebook and use it as a tablet. You can get your extensions from the Web Store and apps from the Play Store. It will tell you if an app is optimized for the device.

   Battery life is quite good. It certainly seems better than my full-sized laptop’s one, which runs out in about 4 hours. The Acer seems to last for a couple of days, but then I haven’t used it in the way I use my laptop. The Chromebook is for checking email, listening to music, reading e-books, surfing the Internet and for some light word processing while I’m on the go. As for the keyboard, there is no Caps Lock key because its place has been taken by the Launcher/Search key. There’s no number pad either.

   I still need to master the trackpad (remember when to use two fingers and when to use three), and the keyboard shortcuts, but so far I’m happy with this Acer Chromebook. I like it that it can be use as both a laptop and a tablet.

   

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   Anonymous on August 22, 2019 at 12:58 pm

   53 of 54 people found the following review helpful

   
   Best friggin chromebook on the market, very happy with the screen that flips back…but the charging port…, March 23, 2018

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   Michelle W.

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   Best chromebook on the market. This is my second one from acer… the first one lasted like 7 years through three kids and a dog. i mean we put one of those cases on it and didn’t really take care of it like we should? it lasted forever….but the screen hinge finally crapped out.. so I was stoked to get this new one for under 250 that flips all the way back…i was a lil skeptical at first but this one is sturdy af and responds super fast when used as a tablet. i put gorilla glass on it for 20 bucks and put one of those blue maxcases.com covers on it.. which is the only cover available on God’s green earth that lets you flip it all the way back to tablet mode… and just 20 bucks. i’m still going thru the return process to ship the other crappy cover that sucked.. btw dont miss the ups dude when he suppose to pick up the amazon return.. apparently when the ups dude didn’t feel like walking to the porch to pick up the return, amazon doens’t know who you are and you have to start the process all over again manually and call in using the actual phone? oh and do that around dinner time with house full of kids an ocd wife that doesn’t like packages without labels sitting on the front porch for two days…. long story short just get the max case cover, the gorilla shield glass and the r11 all this under like 280ish and you can’t go wrong. Ohh yea and the part of my older chrome book that messed up was the charging port. the design is kinda flawed tbh… the little prong thing is easy to knock around and break off.. which my old one eventually did and got all stuck down in the lil hole.. so i was a lil bummed to see acer used the same charger/port design.. i know i’ll need to baby it around the kids and when i set it on the nigh stand or whatever while the charger is in…. BUT acer put that lil cord clip thing by the charging cable end.. it fits perfectly in the open memory slot!! it clips right in… probably not by design and they prolly wouldnt suggest it, but it fits perfect and it keeps the cord locked in solid! now i’m not worried about it breakin off like the old one did…

   

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   Anonymous on August 22, 2019 at 12:27 pm

   118 of 120 people found the following review helpful

   
   The best at what it does, March 22, 2018

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   Alabamense (Alabama)

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   This review is from: 2018 Newest Acer R11 11.6″ Convertible HD IPS Touchscreen Chromebook, Intel Celeron Dual Core up to 2.48GHz, 4GB RAM, 16GB SSD, 802.11ac, Bluetooth, HDMI, USB 3.0, Webcam, Chrome OS (Personal Computers)

   This is the third Acer Chromebook I have purchased in the past 4 years, I bought yet another one for a good reason: they are perfect for what I use them for and they are definitely rugged, for all the banging, dropping and spilling I have done. While there are many reasons for someone who is interested in a true PC laptop to not like a chromebook, I have discovered that they are the best, most versatile vehicle for surfing the internet, writing e-mails and blogging, and managing cloud based files and photos I can imagine. I have not used another brand, but my experience with the three I have (they all still work fine, though I got this latest one because it, like the second one I purchased, is an R11 convertible, rather than the older, heavier, and slower first model, the C720P. I like the convertible feature for being able to sit outside on the deck and have something in my lap that is not too bulky. Sure it is not cool, sleek I-Pad or a Samsung whatever, but I bought three of these for what one decent tablet would cost, and it has a real keyboard that my big, fat fingers can use to type all day without too many mistakes.