Great to see a 1080p panel on a sub £200 laptop, hopefully there will be more in the future.

Impressive specs for the price.
Considering the purpose of the device and its locked-down nature - can they even be taken advantage of?

Can anyone with knowledge on the Tegra K1 chime in here?

I've read that the only chromebooks worth gettng run Intel Celeron and higher, anything running an ARM CPU is underpowered and not compatible with some chrome apps. But with that said, the K1 is supposed to be a powerful ARM CPU and ARM compatibility might be better now so that might no longer be true?

I've been interested in a chromebook for quite a while. Anyone here with a bit more knowledge care to answer these?

Does Chrome OS work with android apps? In that does it use the Google Play Store at all (or can it?)

What is considered the best way to expand the memory on these, or more ideally, what is the fastest in terms of speed, a decent USB 3.0 stick or a speedy SD Card?

Considering all I use my laptop that I have now for is web browsing, social media, music, films, torrents etc, would a chromebook fall short in any areas? I use office too but I'm sure there are workarounds for this or at least software that would be compatible with Office files?

Roasting hot.

Shouldn't the 4GB variant come with 32GB storage? it's the 2GB that comes with 16GB

Great to see a 1080p panel on a sub £200 laptop, hopefully there will be more in the future.

Are these things basically like tablets with a keyboard......before they made tablets with a keyboard?
I try to fathom it but I still can't work out the point of a Chromebook. I really am never going to work on spreadsheets in the cloud for the remainder of my time on Earth.

Very limited Chromebook without internet
16 GB eMMC - hmm my phone 32 GB main + SD 64 GB
Same review says that display 1080p have the pixel but it is not sharp contrast display etc

I will better save 200 and get something else

MY MAIN RULE : )
What you need to look to any device is the screen - you always will be looking to screen and all you experience come first from this.

I have Galaxy Tab S2 and Im so happy not by exynos chip or memory or else But screen In looking web or play games everything looks so good Pictures etc . Second is the power of CPU memory etc

http://www.acer.com/ac/en/GB/content/model/NX.MPREK.005

found it in the end. Seem's strange that the Celeron Version gets 32GB but only a 720p screen.

Love my Chromebook. It's replaced my laptop and PC.

You can use it offline and any work you do can be saved locally.

In terms of storage, 16GB is never enough. That said, I only keep documents on the on board storage. Anything else can be accessed via Google drive or via a USB device.

My Chromebook boots up in 7 seconds, it's small and compact. I've never had to download many apps and anything I use either came pre installed or is a streaming service.

These devices should honestly be £150 or lower as many windows based laptops are now £199. I have an Acer that I picked up from Curry's 3 years ago. Still going strong!!

I never thought I could live without a 'proper pc' so installed a Linux crouton on my Samsung Chromebook. Truth be told I seldom boot into Linux. The cloud, a USB stick and one's own VPS or two do most jobs so much better. But when it comes to having to use a spreadsheet offline with LibreOffice or image manipulation with Gimp does the job for me and much better than a budget Windows 10 laptop could do. YMMV.

Fantastic spec for a Chromebook. This thing should fly even when multitasking 1080p video, numerous internet browser tabs etc.

With that Tegra K1, shame this isn't running Android for gaming.

You can run some Android apps on ChromeOS.

I love these laptops think they do the job very nicely indeed. What I have been doing however is try and recycle older laptops. Get a cheap 60gb ssd and recycle an old core 2 duo laptop and install chrome os on it. Granted it doesn't have a full HD screen like this one but I find them to be much more robust and have better build quality as they used to be flagship devices. Of course the downside is its not as portable but I have been getting better specs for less money that way. Horses for courses though.

I purchased a chromebook Pixel and never looked back. it is a £1000 laptop and can run Linux if needed (I don't). I'm a web developer by trade and do everything I need on this without an issue.

you can run android apps, quite easy in fact. I run Skype for android and it works great.

I've heard this particular laptop is quite good and for this sort of money is a steal.

some people day they don't understand the point of a chromebook but I don't understand the point of a windows/mac laptop these days

Have been thinking about getting one of these, can anyone confirm if it is able to connect to a windows server for file sharing?

Love my Acer C720. Would this be much of an upgrade? Screen obviously better, and 4gb vs the 720's 2gb. Not sure how the processor compares though.

Why would one buy one of these? No hating just curious

how does this compare to the Toshiba chromebook 2?

Apart from the resolution, the screen quality isn't much different. The C720 is at least 50% faster (in benchmarks).

​so you're saying the Toshiba Is worth the extra right? I don't know much about chromebooks spec wise but I'm definitely on the lookout for one. thanks

I suspect a Chromebook with Tegra X1 processor is imminent which gives even better performance but still maintain power efficiency.

If people want to try Android on their laptops, try out Remix OS from jide.com, it's only in alpha testing but is pretty good if you're lucky with hardware drivers

The following has a great performance comparison of chromebooks:

Chromebook specs & performance comparison chart (2016)

It also has information on usage, installing linux/ubuntu and possibilities of upgrading RAM and HDD

Had a chance to try this alongside Acer's C720. The 720 is significantly faster in the real world, with the Chromebook 13 for example taking ~9s seconds more to complete a boot, loading half a dozen tabs in the browser in the process in my setup. However I do like the extra screen resolution, fan-less design and the improved battery life is definitely nice to have in the 13. And I don't have to boot it every time (suspend works so well on a Chromebook).

Also I note the max screen brightness on the 720 is a tad brighter.

So... Ebay the 720 or return the 13? Difficult choice. I wonder how much slower the 13 will get as ChromeOS matures and many Chomebooks get faster anyway... It's the screen resolution that's makes the 13 better...

Update: Returning the 13. It's just too slow for me, after using the C720 :-(

Which is the best C720 to go for?

Also where can I get one and how much?

Still have ~ a year left of my 1TB (not a typo) Google Drive space that came with my C720 @£156 - hopefully similar offers will re-appear at some point. Only using 9GB of it!

back up to £249.99. this is what I've for be indecisive, I did go to buy one last Saturday in local store. but they only had display model left. I asked for discount. and was told I couldn't have any as nobody ever touches then?!? I just had!

Back down to £199.99.

back down to £199

I love my HP Chromebook, but I wouldn't buy one with an ARM chipset. It is just too limited and lacks developmental support. As far as what you can do with a Chromebook - anything you need to. Those who say they can't be used offline just don't know what they are talking about. So I wouldn't vote this as hot, but the Toshiba Chromebook 2 with the HD screen is the one I'd recommend...

Very unusual to see 4gb and 1080p on these. HOT.

I love my Acer C720, it's really snappy. I have Linux installed but rarely use it. After reading this thread think I will be sticking with it for a while!

For those of you looking for a fantastic photo editing programme for the Chromebook, try this.

16GB? What's the point?

When large SSD drives are so cheap these day, I don't understand why they put these tiny ones in.

It doesn't have an SSD. It's soldered eMMC. It results in lower cost per unit as the Chromebook is positioned towards a specific price point. It's no different to a manufacturer putting in 500gb HDD rather than a 500gb M2 SSD.

Like I said earlier, just plug a USB 3.0 flash drive if you want more capacity. It's not difficult.

Heat from me

Had they put an IPS display in this I would've jumped on this deal. Almost there but no quite.

No complaints with the processor here. I haven't yet found anything that won't work, maybe I will later. I already have an 11" Macbook Air and just wanted something with a bigger screen and better battery life (my Air lasts something like 3 hours now) for casual browsing as that's what I do 99% of the time anyway. So I'm not expecting it to do anything exotic, I have the MBA for that. I'm happier that the Tegra means it has a battery that I can't seem to flatten! And I love that it's fanless, too. YMMV.

The only gripe I can think of is the screen - after using a Macbook, the screen on these is pretty poor. Washed out colours, poor viewing angles etc. I find myself moving the lid back and forth as I change positions or view different things. It's not a deal-breaker, but something to bear in mind if you're fussy about screen quality at all.

Probably slightly better would be a Samsung Chromebook 2, that's the other option I was looking at. But it's an extra £100 and has relatively poor battery life for a Chromebook. Between them it's a contest of screen vs. battery. Also the latest Samsung is US-only, so you'd have to put up with last year's model (can't bring myself to do that) or order from the US (fine on Amazon but looking at a couple of weeks wait at least)

One more gripe BUT it's a software issue (subject to possible fix one day) and goes for all full-HD Chromebooks: 13" is too small for 1080p unless you're fine reading very small text. I generally am, but if I'm sat back with it on a table and/or I'm a bit tired, it can seem like hard work. You can switch the resolution down to 1536x864 though... but the effect on the text seems to depend on the font or maybe the app. I find the browser still looks great (sometimes you have to close and re-open what you're using after switching resolution for it to look right), yet the fonts on the Files app or Tweetdeck for example just look fuzzy. Maybe one day ChromeOS will have proper scaling like other OSes but it doesn't seem to be their priority.