Acer C720P-2625 11.6-Inch Chromebook Intel 2955U 1.40GHz Dual Core 4GB-DDR3 16GB-SSD

Performance: I've owned both a 2gb and 4gb C720p which both run extremely well. The 2gb accesses swap with 15+ tab and a video, although I rarely notice. The 4gb model never to my knowledge accesses swap, but otherwise I don't think the performance is dramatically different, so if your budget allows you to get the 4gb model go with that, but unless you are a techie, I doubt you will run into many problems with the cheaper device. Besides budget, I don't understand why all computers don't come with 4 gigabytes of RAM, it seems only logical.Keyboard: As with all of the c720 Chromebooks, the keyboard is pleasant to use, although not my favorite - I would rate it 4/5 in the usage department. If you do a lot of typing then the lack of delete key is inconvenient, but alt+backspace works for delete and is easy to use with practice. Also, there is enough travel in the keys to provide good but not great feedback. I don't always know if a key is successfully pressed and as an anal-retentive, keyboard-staring typer, it delayed me until I learned to deal with it. One could consider it somewhat therapeutic to break my keyboard-staring habit. If it weren't for that it wouldn't necessarily be a problem. The keyboard doesn't seem as nice as the original Samsung Chromebook, but the Acer is superior in every other way.Build: I'm in agreement with many people that it isn't a design beauty, but when buying a computer that is last on my check-list. Both the touch and non-touch models are very study, albeit the touch model is slightly heavier than other 11.6" machines (both machines also have a much longer (9 hour average) battery life than the other 11.6" devices I own). The touchscreen model is very responsive, has good picture and color quality. It does show fingerprints pretty badly, but I've used nearly everything to clean it and the screen has not scratched.ChromeOS: It is the same on every device, so there is little point recapitulating what many people already say. Yes, there are some limitations, although as a student I was able to use it for everything up to putting the final touches on APA papers. I had a backup windows machine that served for that, so I used ChromeOS 90% of the time. My biggest issue is that google-docs errored out and required me to refresh while in the middle of work.

Not what the picture or info is. It is an acer chrome book but it is not a touch screen and the color is black. You can see the wear and tear but it will work for what I need it for.

I purchased this Chromebook 1 year and 7 months ago. I have used it daily ever since. In that year and a half, I used it to practice law, to teach law school, and in my spare time, to surf the net. I cannot imagine doing these tasks without it. Google Docs is perfect for writing court pleadings and briefs, collaborating with my paralegal, and electronically filing and serving the finished pdf documents. The Chromebook makes it easy to view and organize my files and the pdf pleadings and briefs that opposing counsels serve upon me. I appreciate the security of knowing that court documents are secure in the cloud and not sitting on the laptop's hard drive where they can be read or copied if the Chromebook is misplaced or stolen. I find Google Slides easier to use than Powerpoint, and my law students seem to appreciate the presentations that I make easily by plugging the Chromebook into the projector's/smartboard's HDMI port. I know there are those who cannot imagine giving up a Windows machine. I bought one on Black Friday, and it has been collecting dust ever since. Windows stands in the way of my productivity. Chrome OS makes me more productive because I spend my computer time focused on my needs instead of my computer's needs. As for reliability, this machine has not crashed a single time in the 19 months I have used it. Nothing ever broke or wore out, and nothing needed to be restarted or reinstalled, not even a single time after 19 months of daily use. In my opinion, if you are a professional such as a lawyer or a teacher, this is the right machine for you.

This thing is beyond awful! It's NOT the ACER computer that's the problem, it's the CHROME operating system. It won't do ANYTHING! It is even running in TURKISH and Google can't fix it. I use three email addresses and the only address you can install on this thing is GMAIL! Everything runs through GOOGLE+ but there are so many applications lurking around GOOGLE+ that you can't figure out what works and what doesn't. GOOGLE DOCS sort of works but you have to have this elaborate ePrint system going through GOOGLE's proprietary printing network and my forking printer won't link up...so....buy another printer as well? There's the "classic" computer set up but I can't make THAT work either! Everything runs on APPS and EXTENSIONS. What the hell are extensions? Why the difference?Because my computer is displaying TURKISH....Google Help had me delete all the EXTENSIONS. That didn't fix it. They had me turn off a lot of other stuff....that didn't fix it.. I have 50 hours tied up trying to figure this infernal machine out. I should have spent $2,000 and bought a MAC AIR laptop. It would have been cheaper overall.There's lots of apps for Google Android O/S but not very many apps for Google Chrome O/S.The cloud operation is pathetic. When I bought the ACER CHROMEBOOK it said I got 100GB free cloud storage. NOPE....only 15 GB which is probably enough anyway but it's just another GOOGLE error. Trying to store and retrieve from the cloud isn't easy. I can't download pics from my camera via USB...I have to pull out the SD card and put it in the computer...it does work then.It's NOT the ACER computer that's the problem. I LIKE THE ACER COMPUTER....it even has a touch screen. It's the CHROME O/S that stinks....it's NOT ready for prime time...FOR SURE! I'm returning it TODAY!

The charger that comes with this thing a trash. I had to replace it immediately. So plan to spend the extra $20 if you decide this is what you want. Others than that it's been a decent little machine. It not the fastest but it's low cost and it's good for internet browsing and office work.