Acer - R 13 2-in-1 13.3" Touch-Screen Chromebook - MT8173 - 4GB Memory - 32GB eMMC Flash Memory

Ordered this at the beginning of this week and received a day early. Love this Chromebook. After reading a ton of reviews I did have a concern relating to the hinge.....no worries. This is a beautiful solidly built laptop and I have no issues with the hinge. The Chromebook itself is beautiful, loads pages and videos quickly, and the screen is great and very clear. Of course it boots up very quickly and the battery life on this laptop is phenomenal...at least 12 hours which means I can bring to all day conferences and not worry about bringing the charger. The keyboard is excellent and easy to type on. I have mac laptops, windows pc's, and several chrome books and always seem to come back to my chromebook. The operating system is just more interesting with the least amount of care and of course the new Play Store is great too offering more opportunities for additional apps not available in the web store. I bring to work every day and it really is not that heavy...which I'm glad of because I can't carry heavy items. If you're looking for a great chromebook I highly recommend the Acer R13! You'll love it.....

I had purchased th 11 inch ACER R11 convertible chrome books for my small business and I find they are good little workhorses but when I found out there was an R-13 I jumped at the opportunity to try it out. I love the larger screen. Still has a very robust build quality and is roughly the same weight as its smaller counterpart. I liked it so much I ended up buying 2. There are fewer and fewer reasons for me to need a windows or Mac machine in my business. As long as it can be done in chrome, it can be done on these little convertibles handily.

My first new computer. I brought my brother along because he knows computers and what I may need. I'm totally happy with this computer. Great screen (not so great in the dark because of reflection), fast ,light, and compact. I always have Internet access so it works for me and does everything I need it to. If I need to do things offline I can (but haven't needed to yet).

I found I was using my cellphone more often than my laptop to complete a variety of tasks; but I wanted a full keyboard. When my HP Pavilion (with Windows Vista) really began to creak along and my Microsoft Word program had been replaced by an upgrade forcing me to begin to use Google Docs and Google Drive on my laptop, I realized I didn't need a conventional laptop anymore. This Chromebook was worth waiting for because it will eventually be home to Android apps as well. The unit is all metal and exceeds my expectations for durability and convenience. I hope Google maintains its "open" system instead of becoming the Microsoft "upgrade software annually by buying new software" system. I realize some folks may need specialized programs and require an "old-fashioned" laptop; for me, the Chromebook is quiet (no fan), starts up pronto and the keyboard on this Acer is just as easy as the one on my old HP. Saving $50.00 because of Best Buy sale was icing on the cake.

This chromebook had all the future-proof things I was looking for: -USB-C charging -Touch Screen -Android app compatible It also has great battery life, 10-12 hours depending on use. The hinges work well. The screen will wobble if you are poking the touch screen in laptop mode, but any laptop will do that. In normal use, the hinges are great. The one issue I had (and I knew it when I purchased it) is that it has a micro SD card slot instead of a regular SD card slot. This would be great for amateur photography, but now I need to buy a micro SD card and an adapter in order to get photos from my camera to the chromebook. I would have given 5 stars if it had a regular SD slot.

Build quality is great and the performance is good for an arm based Chromebook. Display is good at all angles and the keyboard has great travel. A good buy if you like the 13inch form factor.

Pros: Very fast. Compatible with the Play store. Very light Long battery life Cons: Strange aspect ratio Buggy - flipping to tablet mode shut off the screen, so I had to keep my finger in between when trying to use as a tablet. Apps frequently froze and when the screen would rotate, the window sizes did not adjust properly. After 2 weeks, the mouse pad already felt like it was "rattling" and not likely to make it that long.

I'm a google fanboy I guess you could say and have had my eyes on a Chromebook for quite some time but they were never quite up to the spec I was looking for. This one fit the bill, bigger screen with a better processor and memory than the Chromebooks of old. The responsiveness is really good and if you are a limited user looking to replace a lower end laptop with something, the R13 is probably a good bet. I wasn't looking for a full flag replacement of a more powerful laptop but rather something with a larger screen than a tablet and a keyboard. The HDMI output and being fully "castable" to the Chromecast on my TV means I can watch a lot of stuff and beam it to the larger screen if I need/want to. Overall I'm very happy with the build quality, the hinges initially made me hesitate but thus far after about a month of use they seem very robust and sturdy.