Acer C720 Chromebook

The Acer C720 Chromebook (C720-2800) is an evolution of C7 Acer Chromebook line, the redesigned thinner and lighter chassis. If you need more power and functionality than a mobile tablet, but less cost and complexity than a full-fledged Windows PC, then the C720 Chromebook is a good fit. With the C720 Chromebook, you can browse the real Internet, not only the uncut version on mobile. It is not quite perfect yet, but it is certainly an improvement over the previous generation of Chromebooks. We want to know where it is going.

Design and Features
The C720 following in the footsteps of the Acer Chromebook Chromebook C7 (C710-2457) and its predecessors include the Choice editors' for C7 Chromebook Acer Chromebook (C710-2055). The new C720 Chromebook is thinner (0.75 in) and lighter (2.59 pounds) than the previous generation, thanks to a new design sealed battery. The chassis is a dark silvery-gray matte metallic finish, with a smallish but useful trackpad in the center of the palm rest still. The chiclet style, non-backlit keyboard has a smooth touch, with very little keyboard flex. Keyboard layout matches past C710-2457, with a mix of traditional and Chrome OS key.

The competing HP Chromebook 11 ($ 279.99) is a more colorful Chromebook, with white exterior color and accents, including accents around the keyboard and the rubber feet on the base of HP Chromebook 11's. This brings us to display the C720's Chromebook. The C720 Chromebook has a bright LED-backlit LCD display measuring 11.6 inches with a 1366-by-768 resolution: Essentially it's a netbook display a Chromebook. This setup is perfect useful, but for $ 30 more, you can get a very bright and more color accurate IPS display with a wider viewing angle HP Chromebook 11 Both non-contact , so that's a non-issue, but the IPS display is much better black levels and should ultimately be easier on the eyes after a long browsing session or watch online video stints.

The C720 trumps the HP Chromebook Chromebook in terms of ports, however. The C720 Chromebook has a single USB 2.0 port (on the right), a single USB 3.0 port (left), SD card reader, Kensington lock port, and an HDMI out port. The HP Chromebook 11 has to make do with only two USB 2.0 ports. While HP Chromebook 11 has better internal display, the C720 Chromebook one-up HP by allowing you to hook up a Chromebook C720 HDTV via HDMI. Of course, the HP fire back by recharging through a micro-USB adapter, while the C720 Chromebook uses a standard nettop-style AC adapter. If staying checked, the Samsung Chromebook Series 3 (XE303C12) ($ 249.99) also has ports for USB 2.0, USB 3.0, SD card reader, and HDMI.

The Chromebook C720 depends on its 802.11 a / b / g / n Wi-Fi, like most Chromebook. 4G LTE device Google Chromebook Pixel ($ 1,449.99) and the 3G version of the Samsung Chromebook is currently the only Chromebook continue to fully function away from the access point and hotspot. This means that the C720 Chromebook downshifts to a small subset of the app when not connected to the Internet. Depending on your usage, it might be a deal-breaker. To alleviate some of the burn, Google includes a free 12 Gogo's in-air passes over the Internet for use in the US airlines, a 60-day trial for Google Play Music All Access, and 100GB of Google drive cloud storage to increase the relatively small 16GB SSD local storage. In any case, the use of storage on the Internet will always be slower than local storage, so plan wisely if you decide to buy a Chromebook has just 16GB of storage.