This $999 Acer Chromebook Spin 714 Packs Big Premium Upgrades 

Lost me at 8GB for $1000 .. need at least 16GB

Speakers on the 713 are terrible, 714 may be slightly better but still crap. 8GBs of RAM for 1000 bucks is laughable. Upgrade a Framework to 64GBs for a couple hundred bucks more and you can fix/upgrade it indefinitely. You should be pushing the Framework approach more often at this price point.

Fantastic video but for $1000 16gb ram would have been a nice touch.

I just bought the 2020 MacBook Air with M1 for $749 and it has a real decent build. It was on sale on Amazon and I decided to buy it right then and there. This is my very first Apple product and I couldn't be more pleased with this purchase. I still like my Asus CX5601 but I wanted a laptop to have as a backup. I bought the Asus after watching your review of it and I couldn't be more pleased with that laptop as well. Thank you for such informative reviews on these Chromebooks. I really appreciate them.

I see comments on here balking at the cost of $1000. These are likely the same people who justify the purchase of a $1000 iPad.

I'm still using a spin 713 the one with the thunderbolt ports. I think I paid around $600 and still use it, no desire to upgrade yet. I have no plans to upgrade yet until a 713 and a steam deck have a baby. That to me would be worth $1,000. A Chromebook with a terabyte of storage, 16 gigs of RAM, a current i5, The integrated graphics card out of a steam deck, quad HD, 400+ nits, with a compartmentalized steam OS pre-installed. Someone needs to make this happen!

Is the bottom half aluminum? I don't think I could ever pay a thousand bucks for a laptop with a plastic keyboard deck.

consideration has already been made. big No for this cost

Robby & Joe -- This makes me feel even better about recently buying the 2022 version of this (12th Gen i5 / 256GB / 8GB / stylus) for only *_$379.99_*_ refurbished_ from Target!! Turning out to be the perfect upgrade from my AUE-ed Asus C302.

Price tag aside, i5 + 16GB Ram sounds like a much better use of manufacturing budget than i7 + 8GB. Feels like the i7 is only for justifying the price tag.

$1000 not for a Chromebook. Great videos

Honestly i find the concept of the ChromeBooks very interesting... but for that price i just don't know, i would rather buy a Macbook air that i find often brand new at that price range... (At least where i live) So if anyone could make an argument for debate sake why this would be better i would like to know...

I still prefer my 713, which was basically the same as this 714 but $400 dollars cheaper at launch. You didn't mention if this has a 120 hertz screen. Not having 16mb of ram is ridiculous and it should have a 4K or Oled screen.

I was able to purchase the Acer Spin 714 at BestBuy for $470 during their Black Friday sale. Same hardware config 8GB/256GB but no docked stylus. I'm good with that. No problems with the trackpad, screen is beautiful, keyboard is wonderful. Quickly installed the Linux container and everything works great. I have zero complaints. Given the price I paid, I cannot imagine a nicer Chromebook. Highly recommended, but watch for the sale price opportunities.

I hope they fixed the speakers because I have the 714 and they're terrible

This is what Chromebook Plus is for, by solidifying what should be expected as the bare minimum for a mid-range device; we can actually get high end devices with specs and quality that live up to their price, and everyone gets a better experience across the board. As for this device, 16gb of ram would have been nice to see; hopefully it becomes standard at this price point, and I hope we see less of the omission of an SD card slot (that's a make or break for me, I need that lol.)

8gb is really not good enough, even for a 500$ laptop, especially that Chromebooks do not have sodimm slots

8gb is not reasonable for that price point. But if it goes on sale, not bad I do hope the HP dragonfly pro goes to Best Buy like you said.

I'm not too excited by this device, but in the future I do hope that manufacturers continue to produce higher-tier Chromebooks; especially when Meteor Lake and Strix Point come out. Integrated graphics are starting to get pretty decent, and I'm so eager for the day we see these in Chromebooks and native gaming will actually be possible; especially after the dGPU projects got canned. Borealis recently entered the Stable channel too, so I'm hoping by this time next year we'll have an actual Steam experience on a Chromebook.

Hehe commented before a lot of people.First one to comment!!!

Who is this machine supposed to be for?

Robbie, for a thousand bucks that touchscreen had damn well better be sensitive to every touch without jabbing it. And as others have pointed out, 8 GB of RAM for a grand? Ridiculous. We just picked up the 516 GE with 16 GB of RAM for $600 on Amazon. And the i5 is plenty fast. I don't know what manufacturers are thinking with their inconsistent pricing and specs. Take a user who isn't familiar with all of the issues like dim vs bright screens and inconsistent specs/pricing/model numbers, and it's no wonder that a lot of people are in a state of total confusion when it comes to choosing a Chromebook. And the standard that these devices should be compared to vis-a-vis the keyboard, trackpad, and internals are devices like the Pixelbook Go. I've been using one for the past two years, and if there were anything out there with comparable specs at a similar price point, we would pick it up in a heartbeat. You even mentioned the Pixelbook Go's speakers. Well, it was released FIVE years ago, and it still blows away many, if not most, of the new devices.

Thanks for the info Robbie! 😃👍🏻💻👊🏻

I still cant find this version on the Best Buy website. Hopefully they will update the 714 with 16gb of ram and UWB.

I have the Dragonfly Pro and the last gen of this Acer. The Acer speakers suck beyond belief. Not loud at all and they sound like crap. I sent it back to get it repaired because the speakers cut out all the time. Even after being "repaired" they still suck. The HP one is so much better than this one..

8 GB of RAM is lauguable. Let's hope LPCAMM picks up soon, so we can do away with this soldered on RAM nonsense.

We don't get Plus or Premiun in South Africa. Typical crap service from Acer, Asus, Lenovo and HP.

Chromebook needs to make something powerful to get people interest, theyre too expensive for a netbook.

DO NOT BUY AN ACER - MY CHROMEBOOK BROKE WITHIN 6 MONTHS OF PURCHASE - STEER CLEAR FROM THE COMPANY

I have an Acer Spin 513 Chromebook with the Kompanio 1380 arm processor with 8 GB RAM and 128 GB, and now its running Chrome OS 64-bit with Android 11 it has impressive performance. It was also £100 off the normal retail price, and hence also excellent value for money. I have always been interested in the Acer Spin 714 Chromebook, but I wouldn't buy any Intel core i7 Chromebook without 16 GB RAM. I have noticed that Acer high end Chromebooks have recently been topping out at 8 GB RAM which for me makes these devices poor value for money and doesn't stack up with the value they seem to offer at the low to mid-range Chromebook level. I hope Acer sought themselves out otherwise they will have one less customer.

Despite all the 'Chromebooks can edit videos' comments on the web, I'm still struggling to make a simple video production of a short video dropped in Google Photos. Many online editors don't even link directly with Google Photos or let you import from there. Google photos itself doesn't have an edit option, despite online saying it does. What are you using to make your RU-vid videos, assuming you're using a Chromebook, please?

Almost as good as my Pixelbook....

Fantastic collection keep it up ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

Unfortunately this is just a massive NOPE. Seriously Acer? 8gb of RAM? You gotta be kidding me. There's nothing about his Chromebook that says $1000 without having the single most important feature for improved performance. The RAM! Would have better to have put in an Intel i5 with 16gb RAM. And that track pad!!! Thank you for saying you would simply return it. YES! Honestly, with all the speaker buzzing, Bluetooth issues, faulty keyboards and more this is just another Acer fail. The best Acer Chromebook IMO is the 2020 713 which had zero issues and is still an absolute beast.

2560x1600 is MASSIVELY better than 1920x1200 when doing document work with stylus, especially with fine detail documents. The only thing that comes close is Samsung Chromebook (4K). This Enterprise version is the only recent Chromebook with this PPI, with garaged stylus ^_^

$1K for a 8GB Chromebook 😅😅😅😅

Shane on me! Made another attempt at using Chrome OS by getting a Chrome box.. Chrome OS is like lipstick on a pig. AFTER ALL OF THESE YEARS... Google still can't figure out a simple way to allow consumers to use their keyboards and mice like they can with a PC. Such a shame because it's such a great operating system. . Yet another example of something that Google just doesn't give a s*** about, but acts like they do

you can buy a better windows one for cheaper so i don't see why anyone would buy this

I feel like there are a few gimmicks that a few people use that chromebooks don't really need such as a stylus with a chromebook. The best implementation is either done with a tablet or the samsung note and last i checked the note was discontinued, now back to the tablet a laptop is just not a tablet just make a better android tablet that's equivalent to the ipad, As for the 360 hinge again really a few people are going to flip the device and use it in that form factor, just make a good or better laptop stop the gimmicks. Save people the money and improve on it back to back.

How about $500 for Best Buy Black Friday.....

This is going to be a weird take but at $999 with the dragonfly series out there. I expect some decent packaging like HP presents or even how samsung did with the original galaxy chromebook. This just ain't it Acer. Maybe 2 or 3 years ago. But not at this price and not with dragonflys with 16GB of ram out there.

I’m having this same trackpad issue on my 714. Second unit still same issue. Super bummed. I really like it otherwise. Anyone else having this issue with this or the 714?

this changed my mind so fast. I was completely ready to move this to the #1 spot and push the Dragonfly Pro down, but yiiiiiikes....

thank you for creating this channel and explaining it, the simplest way possible! Ive been looking for a laptop to use for work while travelling and i think chromebook is the wy to go. Ive been using asus vivobook , it was great but my sister is currently using it now. So i need to find a new one since i will travel soon with my mom. Thanks again!

The HP dragonfly pro will far outperform this due to its 16gb of RAM

Why would anyone buy a chromebook @ $1000 where the cheapest MacBook Air is $750 on Amazon?

I have just picked up a 713 spin 2021 10 gen cpu 1.8 gig to ,4 gig turbo ,2 k screen refurbished 229 quid . Perfect for 13.5 screen did not want onr to big . Wanted the 3-2 aspect ratio as much smaller .

I've always had good experiences with Acer laptops but $1000 for a Chromebook is a big ask and I don't see where this 714 is at a point where it achieves that asking price level. I'd consider it around the $699-$749 range

How powerful Chromebook can I buy with no fan noise. What model and make is that ??

$999 for a Chromebook? Dream on!

Anybody else wonder what's going through a camera's mind when it's staring into the lens of another? 🤔

It's a bad chromebook too expensive for that

I bought this recently i5 with 16GB and a stylus for 800€.

So sad that Dragonfly Pro Chromebook isn't a convertible.

Since dragonfly is mentioned, I think my 32/512 12th-i7 elite dragonfly still have no contest with dragonfly pro included. But one pain is HP is not selling that wireless rechargeable stylus. I bought the silver one for x2, it works but won't attach properly, seems the mags are configured differebtly.

Is there a version of this Chromebook with 16 GB of RAM?

I have the spin 714 from last year it's more than enough for me. I bought it along side my gaming rig I built.

$1000 for a stowable stylus? I'll pass, thank you.

Great video! I bought the previous Acer Chromebook Spin 714 with the i5 processor (8gb, 256). It's been great so far and I have had no issues. It's super fast and It was cheaper than this new one obviously; it didn't come with a stylus or fingerprint scanner, but it's awesome. On this new one, the stylus and fingerprint scanner is nice, but I don't see much of a big difference except for the upgrade to i7. Thanks for the video!

8G is just an entery level,and with a 13th gen i7? Weird

At this pricepoint, i would buy a real computer xD

No reason any chromebook should be this price.

16Gb would have been a no-brainer winner.

You lost me at 8GB of ram.

8gb ram/ 256 ssd? $999??? Pass!

Robbie what device do you use to edit these videos?

Thank You.

Is the ram soldering in?

can some help please i have the gaming acer chromebook 516 ge and i purchased a gaming mouse a logitech g305 the problem is i cant use logitechs g hub for additional mouse settings because the only download available is for windows or mac os? please help

yup, for $1,000 you can get a high quality refurbished macbook air, so pass on this.

Does it support all games and software like windows laptop and it is similar to have ssds and fan less ?

Still rocking the 713 going strong 💪