Acer - 11.6" Touch-Screen Chromebook - Intel Celeron - 2GB Memory - 32GB Solid State Drive - Moonstone White

Purchased for my 8yr old as her first computer. She absolutely loves it and uses it to play kids games from various websites. Also great for watching Netflix and streaming music from Pandora. Great battery life so far and the added bonus of a touchscreen makes this a great value. Would highly recommend to anyone looking for an easy to use web-based laptop that is light, sleek, and easily lasts 7-8hrs between charges.

I would recommend this net-book for someone who understands the limits of its capability. The good: Light weight makes it truly portable. Touch screen is very helpful in expanding views and scrolling through pages. Decent battery life. You can use the keyboard as with a real laptop, so type away. Runs on Chrome. The bad: Could have a better resolution and larger screen, I guess its is a compromise for the price of $299 at Best Buy. Runs on Chrome, which is Google's effort to all things to all people as long as it is Google. The ugly: If you are out of range of the internet (airplane or remote location) most of the functions are completely dead. It's like the name says - "net". My wife carried an I Pad Air and was able to continue to operate with maps, etc. I may have been able to keep some of the functions if I had downloaded some files. But it is not an easy task as compared to a windows machine. Conclusion: This is a very good niche machine. It is not a true economical alternative to a cheap windows machine for everyday use. I bought it for an overseas vacation for the light weight and battery life. I was able to do a lot of writing and some E-mail with it. But remember that Google Docs is not Office by a long stretch. Surfing on the net depended on area WiFi. I could have used the smart phone as a hot spot, but the data cost would have been too much.

I was doing alot of research online and reading a bunch of reviews on all the available chromebooks and found that the Acer was the biggest bank for the buck.I've had mine for over a month and I love this thing.Super fast,easy to setup and digging all that google has to offer without all the windows errors and expensive software.Quality built and it's just a goodlooking laptop.Touch screen is also a big plus.

At the urging of my oldest son I bought this and have had no regrets. Its easy to use and very fast and I love the touchscreen. The price was affordable and the size makes it so portable. My youngest son likes it better than his ipad that he has for school. Would recommend this for all online shopping, bill paying and browsing.

I've had the Acer C720P-2661 for about a month now. I wanted something lightweight and portable, and with a keyboard. The 32GB solid state dreive tilted the scale in favor of the C720. I was leery of the mere 2GB of RAM, but so far that hasn't been a problem. Then again, I'm not the kind of user who'll open up a slew of tabs and apps. This thing has the fastest boot-up I have EVER seen. Google claims that Chromebooks boot up in 7 seconds. Yeah, that's about right. Open the lid, enter password, and zoom--you're good to go. By default, you open into your homepage on the Chrome browser. You are going to be limited to Google Apps; that means no Photoshop (though Adobe and Google are said to be working on that), no other browser (I still prefer Firefox to Chrome, but I can live with Chrome)--if there's no Google App for it, you can't run it. Well, sort of. If you have an Android apk and the Twerk app, then in theory you can convert your Android app to a Chrome app. It works for Skype, but as for other apps...well, your mileage may vary. I've found Google Apps to be good enough for what I do, most of the time. I'll sometimes fall back on my Inspiron laptop when I want to rip a CD (yes, I still have a few of those) or when printing from the Chromebook gets dicey. Our printer is a Cloud-ready Pixma, and I registered it with Google when I first set up the Chromebook. Printing was flawless for a few weeks but last week the Pixma was showing off-line status (it wasn't). And while web browsing works great, I can't watch Xfinity TV online, as I can on my laptop. On the other hand, I've got Netflix and Vudu working just fine (get with the program, Comcast). I wish the screen were more vivid. It's acceptable. Viewing angles are fine when you're looking straight at the screen. Turning up the brightness helps but drains the battery faster. Battery life seems to be about the seven hours or so Acer claims; I haven't timed it to know for sure. The keyboard is compact and most of the keys do double duty but you'll need to dig into the help files to find out how to delete, use ALL CAPS, move to a document's end or beginning, select text by words, etc. Some of the reviewers have said a Chromebook can't do those things. Not so--but, as I said, you'll have to dig down to find out how. All in all, I am more than happy with the response. Favorite apps: Google Drive, Google Docs, Feedly, Zoho Docs, Hangouts, Gmail--plenty here for day-to-day browsing. Oh, and Angry Birds works well here too. The trackpad is weird, though. I wish it were a more traditional design.

I mostly use my computer for online based work, so a chromebook was perfect for my needs. After researching the various chromebooks online, I went into Best Buy to actually take a look. What really sets this model apart, to me, is the touchscreen. Since I'm used to working on my phone and tablet, its nice to similarly be able to just tap things directly on the screen in certain circumstances. Its super fast- boots up in seconds. Holds the battery great! I am extremely happy with my purchase.

I used to have the Acer C720 and this is a slight upgrade to the C720P, which adds a touchscreen. I love ChromeOS and the addition of touch functionality makes it even better. The Acer Chromebooks come with Celeron processors which make it zippy for single tasks and more than adequate for light multitasking. The keyboard is solid and the trackpad is precise while ignoring accidental input when typing. With an 11.6"display, this laptop is the right size for most productivity tasks like email, word processing, web browsing and watching videos. Speakers are pretty good for a device this size. It's light and fits in most bags and backpacks. Finally, the battery lasts literally all day with light to moderate use and charges quickly. Now for the touch part... Google has a lot of hidden gems in ChromeOS for touch users. Tap, drag, pinch to zoom and rotate. Long-tap on the display for a contextual menu (right-click). Swipe down from the top of the screen when in full-screen mode to get active tabs. Swipe up from the bottom to get the task bar. Swipe from the left to right to go to the previous page. Using Google Maps via touch is a joy! Scrolling is natural and quick. Most of Google's apps and web sites have been redesigned with Material Design, making them very conducive to touch, but many non-Google sites have not been touch optimized. I'm assuming this will change sooner rather with the proliferation of tablets and touch-enabled Windows laptops. ChromeOS has matured to the point where this can be your one and only computer. Google Docs can now open and edit Microsoft Office documents without conversion and web sites/Chrome apps exist for most of the simplest tasks that you would use a computer for, including image, video and sound editing. And with the extra Google Drive space you get with this Chromebook, storage is not an issue. If you need more offline storage, the built-in SD card slot can suffice with expandable storage. There's only one drawback with this laptop: Acer could really put this over the top by changing the display to an IPS or OLED. While the current display isn't bad, you really need to look at it from a lower angle in order to see accurate colors and contrast. Looking down from a higher angle can result in the display looking washed out. A better display would make this a perfect laptop. Regardless, I give it four stars and highly recommend this Chromebook because of its processor, touch screen and solid hardware.

This review is being typed in my first Acer Touch Screen Chromebook. The second one was a gift to my son. These are great Internet devices where I and most users spend most of their PC time. It turns on very quickly and is protected from Malware/Viruses. Portability and great battery life are a definite plus. The touch screen adds a lot when you need to move a screen up/down or left/right. The Google docs provide everything most folks need in terms of word processing or spreadsheets. I cn't find anything to dislike. I am watching ACER to see when larger screen models become available.