Dell Chromebook 11

Another newcomer to the coast Chromebook PC behemoth Dell. The Chromebook 11 is the first effort, and if it is anything to go by we welcome any other additions with great enthusiasm. As the name suggests unimaginatively, proud models 11.6in display its compact frame. The glossy TN panel is a good job for the most part, with bright, easy to read face, Bearing a 1366x768 resolution. Like most other panels of this type, viewing angle is pretty tight, but we have one here to be an enjoyable place for the eye to spend some time.

While the chassis is very similar to other offerings in this class, such as Acer and Lenovo C720 N20p, Dell will make good choices Aesthetic deliver an attractive machine. The company's logo on the back of the screen is understated, and fits well with the overall professionally exudes device. Dell Chromebook 11 can be no bright colors enjoyed a Asus, Apple inspired freezing or a HP 11, but for a cool, smart devices Dell looks the part.

The design ethos wobbles a little inside, with a spacious keyboard adorned by a slightly unusual font. Dell is no stranger to unusual typefaces, many laptop by age proof, so if it floats your boat or not is a personal thing, but running surface is responsive, easy to use, and generally feel very comfortable. It is almost the same report for the touchpad Dell Chromebook 11, offering little distraction, while completing tasks with a simple authority. Multi-finger gestures, such as dragging four down to show all open apps, or moving three fingers left or right to cycle through the open tabs, all smooth and controlled, which makes navigating around Chrome OS easily.

As this is a Chrome device you will not find many of your normal Windows application available, but the Chrome store is growing at an amazing rate, and the internet really deliver so many software choices today. One issue worth remembering will not be able to connect to any of your iDevices on this machine, so if Apple does your choice of mobile hardware then Chromebook could pose something of a problem.

Saying, as most mobile devices cloud-centric now anyway, you can still see many of your files by Apple www.icloud.com, and this is true for Microsoft, thanks to the company's continued expansion of its web apps for Office Onenote, and Onedrive. Add this wonderful suite of Google's own production app, along with the likes of Dropbox, Evernote, and Spotify, and you do not really feel like missing out on all by using one of these devices.

Internal Dell Chromebook 11 squares up well with its rivals thanks to an almost standard compliment of parts. The 1.4GHz dual-core Intel Celeron processor Haswell is the same technology found in the Acer C720 C720P Chromebook and Acer Chromebook, while the 16GB of storage, 720p webcam, and integrated graphics are all fitted in almost every Chromebook at the moment.

Dell has upped the ante slightly by including 4GB of RAM and 2 x USB 3.0 port, which gives her an edge in the machine area can actually be seen by the user. Finishing off the choice of hardware is the ubiquitous HDMI and SD card reader slot.

In our speed tests Dell Chromebook 11 placed almost every other machine in its class, accepted by the marginal figure in some cases, and we can not help thinking that the RAM had many do it.

Battery life is also very respectable looped test our strength draining dry film just under seven and a quarter hours. This means that the Chromebook 11 you will be happy with a normal work day before you need to pop in the proprietary charger.