Nice find op. Also have this chromebook. Rapid, lightweight and compact. Perfect for doing docs, spreadsheets and surfing. Had windows laptop for years and only used it for surfing and OpenOffice. (never saw the point of spending money getting Microsoft Office). Nearly spent 600 quid on windows replacement but glad I saved almost 400 getting this chromebook instead. Windows is too resource intensive and probably only useful if you are a gamer or need specific programs like Adobe or Cad.
kijihoon
21 Jun 17#9
Link isn't working for me, takes me to the Tesco homepage
Tks; that means it should get a full support soon for the play store I believe.
iDealYou
22 Jun 17#14
All gone now. :smiley:
wadz
22 Jun 17#16
I have not used a Chrome book in a while but can someone enlighten me if you can use the machine to work and save docs offline? Also can you download file from the Internet?
tanked
22 Jun 17#17
Can't help but feel Chromebook users are using an SSD for the first time and thinking its the OS that's making it fast. Why just run "most" things when you can run everything for the same price?
Stu.C to tanked
22 Jun 17#18
What can "run everything" at this price? I've not seen any Windows laptops with decent specs (including a touch screen like this Acer R11) that can match a Chromebook for speed for less than £200 .
myOpinion2
22 Jun 17#19
Look on ebay, you can pick up a second hand lenovo x220 or similar fujitsu with double the memory and proper SSD not emmc for about half the price of this running a proper operating system.
You also buy a second hand Porsche 911 for less than the price of a new Ford Fiesta on eBay. I never knew second hand things were cheaper than new
Kuni
22 Jun 17#22
Not the Full HD screen model, unfortunately :disappointed:
stu1979
22 Jun 17#23
Can you put utorrent on chromebooks and acestream?
7percent to stu1979
22 Jun 171#28
I've got an Asus chromebook flip and the acestream app works well. Combine it with either VLC or MX player and it works a charm with a mini HDMI cable plugged into the telly.
I have no reason to think this chromebook would work any differently.
timPgoodwin
22 Jun 17#24
Would I be able to play full version of FM2017 (via steam) on this?
andborachok
22 Jun 17#25
can you download films on this thing and watch them on the train?
jont999
22 Jun 171#26
I've been using the R11's big brother the R13 for a while and really like it.
"Can you put utorrent on chromebooks and acestream?" - not sure about those apps but Flud for Torrents works really well.
"can someone enlighten me if you can use the machine to work and save docs offline? Also can you download file from the Internet?" With the play store you can have Office but I use google docs, which is their version of Excel, Word etc. They can work offline, see instructions here: https://www.laptopmag.com/articles/how-to-activate-google-docs-offline-on-your-chromebook
Pros (based on the R13 but relevant for the R11): stupendously quick start-up, faster than my mobile and has an incredible battery, genuinely lasts all day.
Tips:
Install Google Play Store - you'll then get access to all the android apps so you can do everything your phone can do (as well as browse the web!)
Get a small usb drive like the sandisk ultra fit which can give you up to about 128GB of storage.
recommended apps: Office, VLC, TV player, Spotify, Netflix (you can save offline, not something Windows allows at the moment), Teamviewer, Pocket,
games: The usual Android ones, Angry Birds, Hearthstone, Egg Inc.
Anyone comparing this to a Windows laptop is making the wrong comparison, instead compare this to your phone or tablet with a proper keyboard and decent screen. It's not designed to be a Windows laptop, it's supposed to be a lightweight, fast, useable laptop which relies on cloud storage. If you use it as it's designed, you'll enjoy it.
The only downside I've found is as a developer, when remoting into a server I miss the windows specific keys I need on that box, the screen is a little wobby and the keyboard doesn't have great damping (again, I'm talking about the R13) but to get a Windows or Mac with a similar weight and snappy user experience you're going to be spending a lot of cash.
tanked
22 Jun 17#27
I actually got a £59 11" touchscreen Zoostorm with 32Gb mSata, 4Gb RAM on here from Zoostorms ebay site. The battery needed replaced but even one that was completely brand new would be well less than £200. Windows 10 boots in no time and I've just stuck a spare 1Tb laptop drive I had into it alongside the mSata. Windows 10 on an SSD is great.
I understand wanting to get a cheap chromebook but when it starts to get to £200+, imho it's missing the point.
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Not seen it this cheap before.
Don't get this confused with the 2GB version which is obviously cheaper.
This is fantastic value for money.
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Hmmm... Maybe not.
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Why and why will I buy this??
A useless OS only good for browsing the net!
I have not used my windows pc for nearly 2 years since I got one of these.
HDMI for bigger screen, 99% of stuff can be done on the net, then there are the millions of android apps that run on it.
People should refrain from posting this sort of thing ....
Hmmm... Maybe not.
Device: Chromebook R11 (CB5-132T, C738T)
Status: Stable Channel
14" 4GB ram refurb cheap here.
I have no reason to think this chromebook would work any differently.
"Can you put utorrent on chromebooks and acestream?" - not sure about those apps but Flud for Torrents works really well.
"can someone enlighten me if you can use the machine to work and save docs offline? Also can you download file from the Internet?" With the play store you can have Office but I use google docs, which is their version of Excel, Word etc. They can work offline, see instructions here: https://www.laptopmag.com/articles/how-to-activate-google-docs-offline-on-your-chromebook
Pros (based on the R13 but relevant for the R11): stupendously quick start-up, faster than my mobile and has an incredible battery, genuinely lasts all day.
Tips:
Install Google Play Store - you'll then get access to all the android apps so you can do everything your phone can do (as well as browse the web!)
Get a small usb drive like the sandisk ultra fit which can give you up to about 128GB of storage.
recommended apps: Office, VLC, TV player, Spotify, Netflix (you can save offline, not something Windows allows at the moment), Teamviewer, Pocket,
games: The usual Android ones, Angry Birds, Hearthstone, Egg Inc.
Anyone comparing this to a Windows laptop is making the wrong comparison, instead compare this to your phone or tablet with a proper keyboard and decent screen. It's not designed to be a Windows laptop, it's supposed to be a lightweight, fast, useable laptop which relies on cloud storage. If you use it as it's designed, you'll enjoy it.
The only downside I've found is as a developer, when remoting into a server I miss the windows specific keys I need on that box, the screen is a little wobby and the keyboard doesn't have great damping (again, I'm talking about the R13) but to get a Windows or Mac with a similar weight and snappy user experience you're going to be spending a lot of cash.
I understand wanting to get a cheap chromebook but when it starts to get to £200+, imho it's missing the point.