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Acer has made a habit of releasing Chromebooks which pack more power than you’d expect into a dirt cheap laptop. The company’s Acer C720 Chromebook has an Intel Celeron 2955U processor, an 11.6 inch ...

Not too long ago, Acer had announced their newest Chromebook. The Acer C720P. Which is essentially the same as the C720 which I reviewed last week, but it has a touchscreen. Now I don’t have much of a ...

Acer is expanding its line of Chromebooks with models featuring a range of features and prices — although they’re all reasonably inexpensive. The company launched an Intel Celeron/Haswell powered ...

Acer has rolled out the first Chromebook with a touch screen since Google's Chromebook Pixel. The C720P is identical to the other variants of the line with a few exceptions, not the least of which is ...

The time it takes to deplete a fully charged battery while the Chromebook loads a sequence of web pages over WiFi. The screen is set to a specific brightness that's usable indoors or outdoors.

At the IFA show in Berlin, Acer is showing off its new Chromebook R13, which is the industry’s first convertible Chromebook with a 13-inch display. Acer, Asus and others already have Chromebooks in ...

The Chromebook Plus 515 measures 15 x 245.9 x 357.6mm and weighs 1.2kg, making it fairly portable – but verging into desktop ...

This lean machine was priced at $300 when it debuted just over a year ago. Plus: super drone deal! Rick Broida is the author of numerous books and thousands of reviews, features and blog posts. He ...

I started with CNET reviewing laptops in 2009. Now I explore wearable tech, VR/AR, tablets, gaming and future/emerging trends in our changing world. Other obsessions include magic, immersive theater, ...

Move over, Pixel, there’s a new touchscreen Chromebook in town. And at just $300, the Acer C720P Chromebook’s finger-friendliness can be had for a mere fraction of the Chromebook Pixel’s $1,300 (and ...

Touch screen + Chrome OS + Haswell = Acer C720P, But is it worth the $299 price tag? Acer has been on a roll lately. They’ve announced their second Chromebook, the C720 back in 2013. Since then, ...