acerChromebook R 11 Convertible, 11.6-Inch HD Touch, Intel Celeron N3150, 4GB DDR3L, 32GB, CB5-132T-C1LK, Denim White

This device is a good value.I had reservations about the convertible package, but it is well done. The hinges are cleverly made to give good friction and geometry throughout the range except the last little bit in either direction. Then the lid sort of snaps into place as it is closed or fully folded back. The unit is off-white or beige- colored. There is a nice texture to the finish. The unit is light enough to carry between thumb and fingers. There are no fans. Warming is minimal. Battery life is somewhere well beyond 7 hours and charging is quick.The touchscreen is sensitive and smooth. The keyboard is comfortable and has a decent feel. Despite some of the criticisms by others, I find the touchpad to be smooth and responsive. One thing I learned quickly is that the pressure on the touchpad has to be very light. For example, if your finger pressure is too high, the cursor sort of sticks. The two-finger stroke for scrolling up and down when viewing document or a webpage works very well in lieu of a mouse thumbwheel. Just lightly brush the touchpad with the 2nd and 3rd fingers. Most of the chromebook multi-touch gestures seem to work. I haven't had consistent luck with the two-fingered tap for right-click, but "alt + single-tap" does the same job. "Tap to click" is sensitive, which can cause problems if you tend to drag palms on the touchpad while typing.I connected a bluetooth mouse, which I prefer to a touchpad for moving the cursor. Logitech M557 (large mouse) and Verbatim 98590 (small mouse) work fine, without evidence of the sleep problems experienced with Windows. The chromebook mouse interface doesn't seem to support adjusting thumbwheel sensitivity, which is one reason the two-fingered touchpad gesture for scrolling is valuable. The only mouse adjustment is pointer speed. The special Windows button on the M557 pops up the App Launcher. Between the touchpad and the touchscreen you really do not need a mouse with this system.The display is just "okay." I operate it at full brightness. It is a little bit sensitive as to vertical viewing angle. The resolution is adequate for most purposes. In the tablet mode, in portrait orientation, I could comfortably read a full magazine page of the Economist, for example. This involves very small print rendered as an image rather than as font. The lower resolution causes a gentle blurring of the print in this situation, when compared to the crisp display on my Nexus 9. (Zooming the magazine display in laptop mode seems to be a better alternative.)Speaker volume is excellent. Half volume is about right for watching a Netflix movie. Dialog clarity is fine.Many of the android apps I care about work fine, and this will probably improve with time. This fact makes the chromebook a nearly complete replacement for a laptop. Nook**, Kindle, 3M's Cloud Reader and Overdrive android reader apps work fine, and the device makes an excellent ereader, offline or on. The Microsoft Outlook android app works fairly well, with some quirkiness. About every 3rd time I send something it encounters an error and, fortunately, saves the message as a draft. Excel, Word and OneNote android apps aren't compatible with this device. The online equivalent apps work fine, although starting up the OneNote application seems slightly clumsy.My unit came loaded with File Commander by Mobi Systems. I installed android OfficeSuite Pro, made by the same people, in order to provide an off-line office system other than Google's. OfficeSuite Pro integrates with File Commander and can access GDrive and OneDrive and can open password-protected files. File Commander offers a scheme for transferring files to a PC via wifi. ( ESS File Explorer offers an FTP interface I think is better.) File Commander insists on having access to contacts, maybe for "sending" files to others.I could not get HP's eprint scheme to work but was able to install HP's "All-In-One Remote" android app. This software enables printing to and scanning from my HP C8610 printer while connected to my home network. Printing is only for pdf files, but the Chrome browser, OfficeSuite Pro and other apps support printing to pdf as an intermediate step.It looks like this is going to be a 95% replacement for my laptop, especially when travelling, and I am very happy that I bought it.** Nook's reader is touchy for me. It breaks if one tries to read a book in two-column mode in a maximized window. Minimized, it works fine either in two-column or one-column mode. I haven't found that magazines are affected.

I rarely write reviews. I mostly do video reviews, but never of specific products. That may change here soon.This this is awesome and has quickly replaced many of my gizmos and gadgets, some that have cost me upwards of thousands of dollars. People who complain that Chromebooks are useless without internet access clearly are narrow minded and simply not thinking outside the box. Allow me to explain:Let me begin by saying I take tech seriously. Since beginning a journey into a lifelong passion of filmmaking and screenplay writing I have invested tens of thousands of dollars of my own money into PC's that can keep up with the demands of 4k video editing and post processessing. I have amassed a couple of decent PC's, one a custom desktop (still being built; $3K~) and another an ASUS 970m ROG Laptop ($1300~) that are great for exactly what I need them for. My desktop runs all my video editing software for my bigger and most demanding projects and my laptop is great for editing video and running PC games in places other than my home (like school!). Recently, I've really gotten into writing more and I've found myself coming up with ideas on the go and wanted something a bit lighter than a 10lb ASUS Laptop (that thing is a monster). So mind you I really ONLY purchased to type down ideas as I had them, Seriously. I wanted something I could work on my writing projects on the go, so I paid the $250 for this thing. I just wanted a mobile typewriter. But oh my... I had no idea how far the rabbit hole went,When I recieved the item I was amazed at the quality of it. I've had my fairshare of "eBay Special" aka Cheap Chinese iPad knockoffs (seriously, I've owned atleast 8 I think over the past 8 years) and have found each one to be a complete waste of money. Either they were so slow I couldn't get any work done or they just flat out broke after a couple months. I even broke bad and bought an $350 iPad and returned it not too long afterwards (I grew to dislike Apple products as they don't play nicely - or cheap - with just about anything else I own.) I was weary about paying this much for another iPad wanna-be tablet, which has an OS that doesnt go with anything, from a company that specializes in WalMart consumer PCs. But just at first glance, this thing is top quality. Nothing on it feels cheap at all. Not the glass, the display, the aluminum cover, the plastic. All of it feels very strudy (within reason) and has a nice, modern look and feel to it. I feel like this will look good in any decade. Very futuristic.I boot it up and notice quickly the display seems to be 720p (or something close) but for what I need this thing to do... who cares? I just want to type words on it. The touchscreen and the hotkeys along the top take some getting used to but I was quickly in the Google Play Store, downloading all the apps I have on my phone and linking them to my accounts."This thing is neat." I thought to myself as I was scrolling through Facebook, listening to Pandora and playing my cloud save of Falloiut Shelters. I became a wizard, learning to use the touchscreen, keyboard, and touchpad all in tandem. I prop the thing up to watch a Youtube video."This thing is really neat."But oh yah! I was supposed to use this to write! So I went to install my favorite screenwriting app, Trelby, only to find its not available. Darn. I use some other apps but nothing is quite the same for my workflow.So I got desperate and booted up Linux on it. After some headaches and code learning, I quickly abandoned the stupid idea when it became more trouble than it was worth and factory reset. I thought the gizmo was neat but I was disappointed that I couldn't really use it the way I wanted to it that regards.This is where the R11 gets interesting. I quickly realized that I could use the Google Remote Desktop app to access my desktop computer. BAM! I was writing on my scripts at home! I was using my whole $3k desktop on this little $250 laptop and it ran flawlessly! I could even watch videos and game from the laptop itself (to an extent). THIS IS AMAZING! But... If i wanted to use it on the go... I would NEED that internet connection to access the files. Man... maybe those negative reviews are right. Maybe this thing does suck without an internet connection....Except everyone in 2017 is carrying a little WiFi router in their pockets. It's called a cell phone and even my cheap $30 ALCATEL has a tethering option.And just like that, I realized that I can use my studio desktop wherever I want, whenever I want. That is just incredible. For $250 I can control my $3000 PC anywhere. She's got a USB for a tactical mouse and external keyboard, an SD slot and an external HDMI output. This thing is the ultimate mobile workhorse. Sure, it wont completely replace my ROG Laptop is terms of what it can do on its own but the ability alone to access my own desktop and use it as a touchscreen laptop is just amazing.This is the ultimate tablet. This thing is amazing. As a matter of fact, I wrote this whole review on it. Buy it for school, buy it for home, buy on for the grandkids. Cant go wrong on this one.