Customer Ratings & Reviews

Besides the Pixelbook, this is the latest and greatest in the line of Chromebooks. It has a 15.6" touch screen, USB-C and USB 3.0 ports on both sides, a lighted keyboard, front facing speakers and a 12 hour battery.

Everything just as advertised. Fast, light, no bloatwear,, easy to set up and use.

nice largescreen, keys aresoft touch easy to see black againest grey,i i like touchscreen use it alot. front speakers not very loud

I have always used windows systems but now I am retired I spend more time on the internet this laptop exceeds my expectations. It is easy to use and the screen is fantastic I love everything about this laptop

Bought this for my 9 year old grandson & he took to it like a duck takes to water. He started telling me about all that it had in geek terms. And getting the Google home for free was an added bonus.

Done with tablets. This chromebook offers me all I need. Love the screen size, the response and the speed.

Best Chrome book for the price you can get period from the touchscreen to the backlighted keyboard love it

I purchased this computer for work. It is lightweight and has a larger enough screen for my old eyes.

Amazing laptop. It is a touch screen also and can zoom in and is very quick

This Chrome book is specifically for Google school work and submission, however we were really pleased that it can be used for so much more.

I’ve thoroughly enjoyed my Chromebook, ease of use and love the touch screen feature. Great price too.

Great no frills computer. Perfect for browsing- not meant for much storage. Super lightweight

Bought this for what I need in a laptop. Fast and light in weight. Great purchase for the price.

The only complaint I have with this Chromebook is that the power supply is noisy, producing a very noticeable and annoying buzz that can be heard from 5+ feet away. I might take it back because of that ... which is a shame because I like everything else about it. Good build quality, Large screen that looks good, 2 USB C ports, 2 regular USB ports. Pretty snappy. Buying it on sale makes it a much better deal. I wish it had an HDMI port so I could use an external monitor, but it doesn't, though I can get a USB-C to HDMI dongle to do that. I knew this when I bought it so it wasn't a surprise. Just mentioning it in case other potential buyers haven't thought of that.

This is a great chromebook. May be big for some folks. It has google play store, which means you can have Microsoft word and excel (why do you need a $600 or plus laptop).

Beautiful, lightweight, excellent keyboard, and long lasting battery(12 hours to be exact)

This is a very good Chromebook. While not up to the overall level of the Samsung Pro, it nevertheless is close. And since it is quite a bit cheaper, it really is an excellent deal.

It is smooth and easy to use. It is also lightweight and sleek and looks very nice!!

Love this chromebook. Easy setup and really enjoy the touch screen. Would highly recommend this.

An old review that I wrote a couple years ago, but which got deleted.. I've been intrigued by the idea of a Chromebook for a long time, but could never bring myself to take the plunge and get one. That all changed with the introduction of the Acer Chromebook 15. There are endless reviews of Chrome OS and whether it is a suitable replacement for Windows or Mac OS, so I'll try to keep comments of that nature to a minimum. Instead, I want to focus on this particular Chromebook, and what sets it apart from others. First off, this Chromebook is the only one on the market sporting a 15.6 inch screen. That makes it a direct competitor for the laptop size that is probably most prevalent, at least until recently. It also gives a lot more working space if your goal is to get real work done on your Chromebook. I think most people think of Chromebooks more like tablets, which is very appropriate for the 2 in 1 designs, but not so much for the traditional clamshell design. At first, I didn't think I wanted something this big, but after using it for a while, I realized that I didn't need to break out my regular laptop as much just to get "real" work done. At this size, the Chromebook is every bit as capable of "real" work as your normal laptop, with some limitations, as I'll talk about later. Getting started with the Chromebook was quick and painless. After logging in to my Gmail account, I was ready to go. The first thing you'll notice is that this Chromebook features a very nice screen. It's a full HD IPS screen, which means that it features great extra-wide viewing angles. I found the screen to be very pleasant to look at, and the inclusion of touch-screen capability allows you to take full advantage of the Google Play store, which is included on all newer Chromebooks. The Acer Chromebook 15 is well-built, and feels solid. The palm rest and top cover are both aluminum, which give it a more "premium" feel. It's not crafted from a single piece of aluminum, like a Macbook, but it feels very solid nonetheless. The bottom is plastic, which probably helps it to be a little lighter. The keys have good travel, and typing is comfortable. The keys are backlit, which is a nice touch. Coming from a Windows machine, it does take a bit of adjusting to get used to the layout of a Chromebook keyboard. The touchpad is excellent. It is very sensitive, and clicking feels solid and responsive. No complaints in the input department. One thing you'll immediately notice is that there is a lot of space around the keyboard. That's because Acer decided to go with top-firing stereo speakers, with one on either side of the keyboard. These may actually the best sounding speakers I've heard on any of the many laptops I've used. They have plenty of volume and don't sound tinny or filled with distortion at all. They are so good, you'll want to have music playing in the background. Much is made of battery life on chromebooks, and the Acer Chromebook 15 delivers. I've been regularly getting 10-11 hours on a charge, and it charges very quickly through either of the USB-C ports. Speaking of ports, there is no HDMI port, so you'll need an adapter if you want to hook up this machine to a TV or projector. I think I would have rather given up one of the USB-C ports in exchange for a full HDMI port. The Acer Chromebook 15 comes with 4GB of RAM, which was plenty for everything I did. The machine is responsive, even with lots of tabs and apps open. As you might expect, most, if not all, file storage is done online, but the Chromebook does have some local storage. Mine came with 32 GB of eMMC storage, not SSD, unfortunately. Chrome OS is really set up to discourage the use of local storage, so I haven't really done much with that. This machine does come with a microSD card slot, so I'll probably make use of that, since Chrome OS treats the local storage as a cache, and may delete older files, so probably not a good idea to count on the local storage. Speaking of the SD card, I had an old one that we previously used in a phone, so I figured I'd give it a shot. This particular card may be damaged, and while attempting to format the card, my chromebook crashed. It recovered quickly, but I do want to know more about why that happened and whether that's normal, but I would have expected it to handle the card, even a bad one, more gracefully. On the other hand, after that happened I was able to access the files on the card, which no other machine has allowed me to do. So, that's a win! So, what's the verdict? The Acer Chromebook 15 is a great machine, and with the large screen size it is actually a candidate to be your laptop replacement. Whether you are a convert to Chrome OS or not is another question, but if you are a convert, then this is certainly a good machine to consider. It costs a little more than the budget machines, but you're getting a very well-built machine that you can feel good about. You may see other reviews talking about how huge it is, but that's only in relation to those small chromebooks that are basically tablet sized. If you consider this as a full laptop, it's a great size, and it's also pretty lightweight. Given the great battery life, you can carry just the machine with you for a full day's worth of work, leaving the charger at home. If you're in the market for a chromebook, you owe it to yourself to check this one out!