Acer - 14" Chromebook - Intel Celeron - 4GB Memory - 32GB eMMC Flash Memory - Sparkly silver

First of all, you need to know that this is a Chromebook. Expect accordingly and you'll find it very good at being one. It is very fast for general web browsing, even if you view quite a few complex websites at once. I have Ubuntu Linux installed via CHROOT and this Chromebook is surprisingly capable for my university coding needs, not to mention the entire world of possibility that comes with the actual Linux OS. The all aluminum build is fantastic, the screen is crisp, and the track pad is better than any Windows track pad I've ever used, until it suddenly stopped working. It turns out to be a loose ribbon connector, all I've had to do is unscrew and pull out the bottom panel, re-seat the ribbon cable (the one with a blue tap in the center), then put everything back. While I consider it to be easy to fix and maintain, I do recommend that you look for something else if you really care about build quality and reliability. Overall, I'd say this Chromebook is well worth the price, especially comparing to Windows laptops of the same price, if you can find any to begin with.

This is IT. Ultimate hardware I ever hoped for. You need to install the Gallium OS linux. First flash the BIOS ROM with mrchrombox RW_LEGACY. Then download and burn gallium OS braswell live latest image on to a flash drive. Then install the linux with the flash drive.

Got it for my wife for Xmas. She loves it. Lighter and easier to carry around than her windows laptop. Also alot faster and less glitchy. Battery life is awesome. Screen looks really good at all angles.

I bought this computer for my little sister and it is amazing. it’s at a very affordable price and the resolution is great. The screen is big and clear. It is fast too and very easy to use.

i just love it is very fast and i can take just everywhere i go

I work primarily in the Windows environment, using SQL Server/C#/TSQL and related Microsoft stuff. But I've always like the Chromebook idea. My prior 2 Chromebooks are primarily the easy-access and cheap machine around the house or office; not too expensive and good for some limited work. The Acer 14 is simply great. It's my always-on machine. Unlike earlier Chromebooks, the display is superb. WiFi - great. Keyboard - great. And it's fast. I use it at work. Great for Google Keep and MS onenote, which I rely on heavily. To my surprise, Zoho Assist program works on this Chromebook. I've always relied on GoToAssist for user support, but Assist on this Chromebook is fully functional. This is a fun, useful machine.

I've been looking around for a chrome book for a few weeks now. The particular Best Buy where I live only carries 2 and neither are ones I wanted. So I drove an hour north to another best buy that had 6 in stock. I had debated on getting the Asus 2 n 1, but noticed this Acer was on sale for $50 off retail, plus it had 32 gb's of memory rather than the standard 16. The one on display worked really well and the 14" screen was a big plus. I couldn't wait to get home and try it out! Boy was I in for a shocker. Got it unpacked, plugged in, turned on and once it booted (which was fast), I logged in with my credentials, connected to my network, then launched the chrome browser. Everything was working great then BOOM! The mouse pointer disappeared. I tried everything. Considering the Chrome Books and Chrome Boxes pretty much require a mouse of some kind to navigate with, I was pretty crippled. I had to search on my phone for shortcuts on how to restart the chrome book. I did a restart a few times. I did a hard reset and power wash 3 times. After pressing Esc + refresh + power - I got the message that the chrome OS was either missing or damaged. So I created a USB recovery stick and did that. It worked! I was so happy! I went ahead and checked for updates and it updated the browser to the latest version. Played around on chrome a bit. Then decided to open up a solitaire game that's in my chrome for my mac mini. Sure enough, not 10 seconds after the game loaded, the mouse cursor disappeared. Again, I did the hard reset but this time the mouse didn't come back. After the power wash, a screen appeared asking me to connect a mouse to the chrome book (apparently it wouldn't detect it's own trackpad). I just finished reloading the recover USB drive again. Why you ask? It was the only way to "sign me out" before I pack it up and return it to the store on Tuesday. No "new" computer...whether it be a Windows based, Mac Based, or ChromeOS based....none should have any kind of hardware failures within the first 10 mins. I have 3 Acer laptops going back to 2006 and have always been impressed by them. Almost every monitor I've purchased in the last 10 years has been made by Acer. I'm typing this review from my Mac Mini and I'm using a 24" widescreen Acer monitor. This is the first Acer product I've purchased that didn't work right out of the box. Hopefully this is an isolated issue...but based on a few group message boards I've been to before writing this review, it's been an ongoing problem with chrome books from all manufactures for some time now, especially Acer. Also, I never write reviews. This is the first product I've bought from best buy in years that I've felt compelled to write a review about. So for the rest of you out there....based on the specs of this unit, if you're lucky enough for it to work for you right out of the box, it looks like a good product. Just beware that there's a chance the trackpad will fail on you, so have a spare mouse laying around. PS: if someone from Acer decides to reply to this review, think about it - why would I send it back to you for repair, when I can just return it to the store for a full refund OR exchange it for the ASUS 2 n 1 unit? I can understand if I had it for 6 months or so...but 1 day?

I'm a geek and VERY impressed with this machine. I originally bought it for my 87 yr old mother, but she refused to touch it. I was going to return it, but decided to keep it after playing with it. It has a gorgeous aluminum body and looks and behaves like a much more expensive computer (can anyone say macbook?) Documentation is poor, but I cobbled together shortcut cheatsheets from various chromebook articles and taped summaries to to the empty spots around the keyboard. Each time I use it I'm more impressed than the last time. Unless a person has need for enormous compute power, such as for video editing or gaming, this is the way to go! Most apps have cloud based versions, and many can even be accessed off-line. Even though this only has a 16 GB SSD drive, it hasn't really mattered because I keep a 128 GB USB3 flash drive (the short stubby version) connected. I became a convert after listening to Leo LaPorte's podcasts (The Tech Guy) on my phone.