Very well constructed chromebook. Has slowly becoming my main daily laptop for web related work and general browsing.
Very light with very good battery life, outside of Chrome Pixel for £800, this is hands down the best constructed chromebook with full metal body.
The touch screen and 360 hinge is also very handy. Resolution is not full HD but screen is very clear given the 10 inch size.
Also the size is very small with screen at 10', highly portable, and used a lot on the train for me.
On sale on Argos main site at £250 and amazon at £215.
You can currently get this brand new from Argos ebay for £174.99
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Banzibarn123
1 Apr 16#1
Looks good. Is it 1080?
flash2k to Banzibarn123
1 Apr 16#3
nope is 1200x800
mcormack to Banzibarn123
1 Apr 16#4
Read the exam question.
speric07 to Banzibarn123
1 Apr 162#12
Only in portrait!
flash2k
1 Apr 16#2
is ginna be cold from me , there was couple deals in same price with hd screen this one has poor screen 1200x800 , screen is quiet important when y choosing laptop or other device from one simple reason you are looking on it
Wolfey to flash2k
1 Apr 16#5
That is true, however this is the smallest at 10 inch, with touch screen and tablet mode.
cantonbean
1 Apr 162#6
This is a good deal. However the new Acer 14 announced this week that is basically a macbook air clone but with 1080p IPS display and 4GB of ram looks like the real deal.
Wolfey to cantonbean
1 Apr 16#9
The base model for that is only 720p and 2GB of ram though, plus it is 14 inch, so not as portable as a 10inch, which is one I am after.
"the 18 inch size" - is that the overall diagonal dimension?
Wolfey to piginabox
1 Apr 161#8
Sorry typo, 10 inch fixed
swayndo
1 Apr 16#10
I've got one of these coming from a private eBay sale. The screen may only be 1200 x 800, but it's a touch IPS panel and meant to be a nice bright one at that. Really looking forward to getting it as I'm already sold on Chromebooks.
gsusx
1 Apr 16#11
love chromebooks ... sorely tempted by this... really dont need it though
Picard123
1 Apr 16#13
The Acer 14 is nice but I'm not convinced by the increase in size/weight. Sure, 1080p is nice but given the limited video codec support in ChromeOS, it's not really a media machine (other than YouTube, iPlayer etc). 11.6" is my preferred size for Chromebooks. Love the Acer 720. Fast snappy, light and great battery life.
cantonbean
1 Apr 161#14
TBF it is the first Chromebook I've seen that (for me) ticks all the boxes since I bought the original HP Chromebook 11 designed by Google (other then the Pixel) with IPS display and speakers through keyboard. I have liked 90% of many of them but not enough to trade up! I already own the Pixel C tablet and keyboard and a Macbook Air 11 so I have the 11 inch market well covered! The Acer has everything I want apart from maybe a better processor in it (not a major factor in a Chromebook) Also regarding media I feel that used to be the case. However with VLC now on Chromebook I have found it great now. There is even a very good torrent client too. I have also ran BT Sport and Showbox via ARC fine....just wish KODI would work and then I could use my Chromebook for nearly anything media wise!
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Very light with very good battery life, outside of Chrome Pixel for £800, this is hands down the best constructed chromebook with full metal body.
The touch screen and 360 hinge is also very handy. Resolution is not full HD but screen is very clear given the 10 inch size.
Also the size is very small with screen at 10', highly portable, and used a lot on the train for me.
On sale on Argos main site at £250 and amazon at £215.
You can currently get this brand new from Argos ebay for £174.99
All comments (47)