Acer C720p Chromebook

A Chromebook Acer C720 with touchscreen, the Acer C720P is a good budget laptop for getting the job done on the go - if you can live in a world of Chrome OS.

The Acer Chromebook C720P is, in almost every aspect, the same machine as the Acer C720 Chromebook. It boasts an identical based on Haswell, Intel Celeron 1.4GHz CPU, 2GB of RAM, 16GB SSD, small size and overall fleet performance. Where it differs is first hinted at when you pick them both up, and notice a slightly heavier balance C720P. This spectral weight is down to the touchscreen panel that you or a useful, inexpensive laptop with a cool, web-friendly, not too cheap - but still very reasonable - laptop.

The idea of a touchscreen Chromebook may seem a bit strange. After all, the Chrome OS is like a light operating system, how it will benefit tailoring it to the press? Well, as it turns out, rather well. The secret lies in the fact that almost nothing will change, except your ability to navigate the web in a fashion far closer to that of a phone or tablet.

When Microsoft released Windows 8, it did so with much ceremony and a complete redesign of the most used interface in the world. It is by and large been considered as something of a disappointment, since the user feedback pain caused by the company to hastily prepared Windows 10, and restore many of the previous features. Chrome OS is no such learning curve to overcome, because the UI that is left intact.

You can use Acer C720P as you would any other Chromebook, you'll never notice the difference. But if you're on a web page and want to select a link, highlight a text box on a form or press a button dialogue, tapping the screen to make it so. Of course, it is hardly revolutionary, but the inclusion of an unintrusive press option will sit well in the web-centric approach that works Chromebook.

Fortunately the panel itself is responsive and handles multitouch gestures, such as pinch to zoom, a generally satisfactory fashion. It is not as smooth as, say, an iPad; The Acer C720P surface has a little more friction, making the tactile response feel like harder work. These are minor gripes, though, with regular scroll or tap to select the function execute happily.

Some handy controls are added to the touch interface, including swiping in from the bezel to the left to take you back to the previous web page loads, while swiping in from the right does the opposite . Double-tapping text does not make it zoom to fit the page as it would on a smartphone or tablet, but instead has emerged as the text-selection arrow. In general, though, it was a satisfying addition to the useful chassis C720P Acer Chromebook.

Like the C720, the C720P Chromebook is lightweight and compact. Do you get a little bulk with a touchscreen, but the entire unit is still under 3 pounds, making it backpack-friendly. Although they are probably the same, we see the keyboard in C720P to have a little more in the spring than C720 We analyzed. It is still a little shallow, but the typing experience is a pleasant one for the most part.

Viewing angle 11.6in TFT active matrix C720P Acer Chromebook, 1366x768 display resolution is probably a little wider than the non-touch brother. Saying that, it is a screen that can comfortable watch only one person at a time, the details quickly disappear when you are off-center anyway. The rear-mounted speakers provide a good amount of clear volume, but the bass response is the common type thin we encountered many cheap laptop.

The C720P Chromebook carries an amazing array of ports for small body, with HDMI, SD card, and twin USB (1x 1x 2.0 & 3.0) options located on the flanks. The only disappointment was the Acer opted for a proprietary charger instead of the very handy USB charging that some of its rivals now use. A battery life of around six hours makes it not quite a full day machine, but you'll still have plenty of mileage.