Just got mine and I am very happy with it. I only need it for college, so writing documents and visiting websites is all I use it for. Anything else I do at home on my other laptop (like gaming, video editing, photoshop, ect.) The laptop really isn't meant for heavy duty use, but definetly is worth recommending to anyone looking for an affordable laptop for school. Great review!!
this has been my main chromebook until now pretty much. and i started using it in like 2022 im replacing it because the updates for this thing have long ended. and now i have had 2 chargers break on me. the first one being the official one. the second being a third party. im now getting a hp 11a g6 ee
I'm looking for something to store my photos and videos, and also edit them. Would this be a good choice? If not are there any other choices for 400 or less?
Here's what I recommend... You get this chromebook and buy a portable hardrive with it. You should be below that 400 dollar budget. As far as video editing, you will only be able to do basic video editing with it. Hope this helps!
If you only need the features of something like Photoshop Express, then this would be good for editing photos. If you want something like the Windows version of Photoshop, buy a Windows laptop.
Chromebooks store work on Google Drive by default. You could use local storage, but that discards the primary advantages of Chrome OS, which is automatic work saving and data preservation, freeing you from backups and the catastrophe of a hard drive crash, and a laptop, which is portability. As far as editing, it depends on the level of your work. Advanced media editing is not a strength of the basic Chrome OS. There are basic photo editing tools (crop, resize, filtration and color balance) for photos through Chrome apps, Play Store/Android apps and Google Photos, and you can use GIMP through its Linux interface. If portability isn't a necessity, there are tons of used Windows computers available that are capable of advance amateur media editing using shareware and freeware programs. I use freeware as the comparison because the vast majority of the apps that can run on a Chromebook are free.
Just bought one today but taking it back it’s crashed half a dozen times already and to me it feels cheap and nasty the charger cable looks like the end will snap off easily I’ve tried playing sub way surfers on it and it lags like mad then crashes I’m really disappointed with it .i was going to buy the ASUS equivalent which was the same price has anyone else got the asus is it any good or am I going to have to buy a pixel book 😢
"This Should Be Your First Chromebook" Well, I just ordered a refurbished one on Amazon [$100], so it IS my first chromebook. Waiting for it to arrive. I bought it as an experimental "toy" to work with.
I was thinking of getting the Acer R11 $160 refurb one (16GB Flash, 4GB Ram, 1.6 GHz Celeron N3060) for my first Chromebook. I just want it for casual web surfing on the couch and watching videos or light gaming on a plane. Basically, I want a large cheap android tablet with a keyboard, which is impossible today. Is that R11 worth it today in 2018?
First of all,Chromebooks are not meant to replace any Windows or Mac computer. Google does not even usually brand them laptops because they are not laptops-so to speak.
That's Asphalt 8 Airborne, and it is an Android game, but these days a lot of Android games have support for keyboard and mouse or gamepads. Asphalt 8 kinda needs it since it got ported to Windows 10 as a Windows 10 Store app.
Nichole Mendez Hopefully you got the model with 4GB ram and 32GB storage....and the N3160 processor and not the N3060. I have a feeling all the black friday sale models were the cheaper, crappier ones.
I got a refurb white model for around $170 thanks to your vid. Been using it heavily as a secondary device and it works great for my needs. I noticed that the black version's MSRP is $100 to $130 (USD) more than the white version's MSRP, but all of the specs look the same between the black model at CB5-132-CL1K white model; processor, screen, SSD, and CPU all seem the same. Is there something else about the black version that you've noticed that increased the price?
Great review thanks! Can you answer any of these follows? 1. i know the spin 11 comes with a free stylus and I dont think this one does. But if I already have one (or want to get a cheap knock off one), I CAN use it on this right? 2. I have noticed there are so many model numbers (not only for R11 but other acer computers)DOes the model number really matter? 3. On this link, Google says this particular model can use android apps (and so does your review). Was it hard and did you have to follow the instructions shown at the asterick in this link??. www.chromium.org/chromium-os/chrome-os-systems-supporting-android-apps
I need your help please .I at in you email address is not not working for me. Question What should I do to get this at fix any Email Address..I can;t send new emails to new people.
There are some light versions of C, Java, and Python as extensions. If you install Crouton to support Linux (Debian, Ubuntu, or Kali) then you can run full coding programs like PyDev, Eclipse, Jupiter, etc.
Just got an Acer r11 today. Not bad, but please tell me this keyboard has a backlit feature? No answers google search about this either, or youtube reviews mentioning backlight keyboard on r11.. I'm hoping I just haven't figured it out yet.. that there is one. Please tell me there is. Lol, if not.. damn this should be a necessity.
What you should have told us (and should have known/know) is that chrome os is nothing but a *front-end to the real OS --- Linux or in this case, Ubuntu.* So, in reality, this is "an Android system running on top of a Ubuntu system." [Which is why Android apps can run on it.]
