Acer - R 11 2-in-1 11.6" Touch-Screen Chromebook - Intel Celeron - 4GB Memory - 32GB eMMC Flash Memory - White

After doing a few hours of research this looked like the system for me. I wanted alot for a little including the ability to run android apps. And Best Buy had it on sale. However 3 different sales people told me flat out it does not run android apps even when I showed them Googles listing it as app ready. Once you power it up it will update to Chrome build 53.x or higher you can run almost all android apps. Some will not resize, but even this will get resolved. HOWEVER, if you live remotely like many here in Maine, it will not automatically update over a cellular network (i.e., hotspot, jetpack, etc). That protects you from a surprise data usage charge. There are three workarounds. Go somewhere you have wi-fi access and update. Make a recovery thumb drive on a pc or mac. Or for those with good pc skills and on an unlimited data plan. Do a Ctrl Alt t to enter the CrOSH shell and enter the command line "update_over_cellular enable" without the quotes. Then type "exit" to close the shell tab again without the quotes. I did the thumb drive first since I wanted to have recovery media, then I did the command line change. All of this can be found by a careful search of the Google Chromebook Support forums. Remember, if you have a normal Wi-Fi setup this will happen automatically. Best Buy employees should be aware of this. Android enabled Chromebooks are the hottest thing this year and there is no better buy than this ACER R11. Buy it with confidence.

I am very pleased with the Acer Chromebook R 11 CB5-132T-C9KK it is a very capable machine and it has exceeded my expectations in many ways. Being able to install Android Apps now adds a lot more functionality and makes it worth getting. Right now some of the Android Apps do not resize properly to fit the landscape view on a Chromebook but that should improve over time as Chromebooks increase in popularity and the Apps are updated to support it. I bought this Chromebook so I would have an inexpensive laptop to take on an upcoming trip and I actually like it a lot more than I thought I would and I find myself using it instead of my Windows laptop. I like the idea of not using a Windows laptop and having to reboot the laptop for practically every Windows update that gets installed not to mention chasing down updates for the other various programs that are installed.

I'm totally thrilled with the Acer Chromebook R 11 2-in-1. Make sure you get the newer model with the quad-core Celeron N3160 and 4GB of RAM - you should get 32GB of storage too. Here's what I like: 1. It's fast! Load a large page like cnn.com with lots of graphics and it will take a little time for everything to finish but even that is acceptable, the top loads fast, and everything else is fast in general. 2. It seems to run many Android apps very well! We've been playing some board games on it, like Tsuro and Ticket to Ride. It's great having a larger screen and the games play perfectly! Looking forward to playing Settlers of Catan on it! 3. Netflix works great on it! Video starts quickly and looks great, sure it's only 1366x768 but at 11.6" it really doesn't matter. The video looks excellent. 4. Battery life is great! Yeah, it will depend what you're doing but the first night I got it I was installing Android apps, trying web sites and watched a 45 minute show on Netflix and it was still at 75% after that. 5. I love having a 2-in-1!!! It's really needed with a touch screen and it's hand for games, some apps, and viewing photos and video. 6. Audio has good volume and sounds fine! 7. The whole family loves it! 8. The price...You get so much for the money!!! It's the best device I've seen for $300 by far! What I don't like: 1. Sure, Android compatibility isn't perfect yet. I can't think of what didn't work but I think I had one app that would not install. I've done a number of games and productivity apps with great results.

I bought this laptop because I didn't want to spend 1000 dollars on a MacBook. I just needed it for school work (papers, power points, online hw) and it's been great I love it!!!

I was looking for an android tablet in the $300 range to carry with me and be a kind of portable, "Take to the soccer practice in case I have to do ." I didn't want to always carry my heavier laptop around with me. When the screen is folded around it actually does make a pretty good (if not a little thick) tablet. You can install the android play store and install a lot of android applications. Not all, but a good number and many are getting updated to support the Intel chromebooks, and yes once they are downloaded you do not have to have an internet connection to use them. In fact there are a lot of "offline" apps that can be downloaded from the store. You can even install several different versions of linux if you put the chromebook into developer mode. Plenty of online tutorials online that are simple to follow. One thing I didn't expect was how responsive the keyboard is. I didn't even pay attention to the keyboard when I got it, figuring I was going to use it like a tablet most of the time. It is better then the keyboard on my $1800 laptop. I am not sure how to describe why, but I can type faster (although it doesn't help with the spelling or grammar). The touch pad is OK, and very usable... But if I am going to be using it like a laptop for any length of time I have a small usb mouse. The WiFi adapter seems to have a very good range and I am able to get good signals when others can't. The CPU is a Intel Celeron, so you are not going to get super performance on anything processor intensive, but it tears through chromeOS and does well even with the Ubuntu I have installed. The 4gb of RAM makes all the difference in the world when it comes to having a lot of tabs open. The 32 GB of storage is plenty, but pretty much required if you want to put Linux on it. There is a USB3 port which is nice, and the SD card reader is plenty fast and I have used this several times to review photos I have taken. All in all I like this thing and really think that even though it doesn't run windows (which some might actually consider a good thing) I think it makes a very of a usable computer and plenty for most people.

I did a ton of research before buying this because I really had no idea what a chrome book was! I wanted something to surf the Internet, make budget spreadsheets, and do light word processing- perfect for me. I got this c book because it is already able to get apps from the Google play store, it's touch screen, and I wanted a small light weight device. I got the 32 gb rather than the 16gb for memory because you can't put system updates on a memory card. See, told you I did a lot of research! I love this little machine for what I use it for. It's super fast, always boots right up, and best of all no pain in the neck updates to deal with. Just an FYI...If you aren't crazy about the white color, you can get hard cases for it as well in a wide assortment of colors!

Love this machine - Battery lasts forever it seems / light / portable / fast browsing and now that it has the Google App Store - so many more things you can install than before. VERY HAPPY with ACER chromebooks - have had 3.

One days use has made me a believer. well made and very fast. google play store works well albeit not perfect(98%). very nice and pleasing display. battery seems above average.very good piece of technology and even a better toy.