HP 11a 11.6" Chromebook 32GB eMMC 4GB RAM White

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In essence, the Acer Chromebook Spin 714 (2023) is worth the extra cash. It’s a more premium looking, feeling, and performing device than many of the alternatives. You need a powerful device: Ultimately, this is a laptop built for the everyday, so you won't get any spectacular performance out of it. This isn't the most powerful Chromebook, but students need reliability more than power - especially if they're only really using it for homework, note-taking, and perhaps the occasional bit of Netflix. Fortunately, the IdeaPad Flex 3 has a seriously impressive battery life – our testing yielded a whopping 16-hour-and-20-minute result – which will allow them to make it through a whole day of school without needing to plug in. It's also very affordable, which should provide a nice bit of financial relief for parents who need to buy their kids a school laptop. A low-end CPU like an Intel Celeron or Pentium or AMD A-Series will serve if all you do is browse with a tab or two open. Chromebooks based on Intel Core or AMD Ryzen processors will allow for more able multitasking, though they'll also be more expensive. Note that AMD offers a handful of C-series Ryzen mobile processors designed specially for Chromebooks. It's the 1440p display that really sets it apart from the rest, though. That2160x1440 native resolution means that despite the smaller 11-inch form factor, the fidelity of this display is top-notch, and all your favorite Play Store games will look great.

So, if you’re looking for something with a terrific price-to-performance ratio, and you’re not into the Lenovo IdeaPad Duet 5 OLED Chromebook’s detachable form factor, this is worth your while. Not to mention, your money.

Performance-wise, the Asus Chromebook CX1700 isn't going to win any awards for speed, but it can happily handle everyday workloads like documents and spreadsheets without much difficulty. Finally, its traditional laptop form factor makes it an easy, user-friendly entry into the world of Chromebooks for Windows refugees.

In fact, the only area where the Asus CX34 didn't have a massive lead over most of the competition was battery life. The Asus still delivered more than 12 hours of battery life, but this isn't a drastic change from current Chromebooks, which frequently last as long as 15 hours on a single charge. Regardless, that's enough to get you through a day of work or classes easily. If you need a machine to run statistical programs or withstand some heavy-duty workloads, this isn't for you.You need good sound quality: The sound quality is pretty bad, especially at louder volumes, which means you need a gaming headset. To be honest, a Chromebook is probably the only circumstance where I'd argue that 8GB RAM is sufficient in a laptop. It also goes with an Intel U-series processor rather than the more robust P-series chip we see in the Acer Chromebook 516 GE, which is one of those ' gaming Chromebooks' you might have heard about. This is definitely the right call, since you won't need more than that for this device. Chromebook Plus and Gaming Chromebook performance is compared to top selling Chromebooks from July 2022 to Dec 2022. Just because the bar is a bit lower performance-wise with Chromebooks doesn’t mean you should live with a sluggish laptop. The Acer Chromebook Plus 515 may just about hit that budget-level price range, but with its 12th-gen Intel Core i3 and 8GB of RAM, it’s more than enough power to get most users through their day-to-day needs. With Chromebooks, there’s always either the budget yet cheap-feeling ones or the luxurious, premium-priced options. But, if you look hard enough, you’ll find plenty of affordable yet capable and premium-feeling choices as well – case in point, the Acer Chromebook Spin 514 (2022).

You need a lot of computing power: If you're planning to do any video editing or creative work, this is not the laptop for you. Two other Android benchmarks focus on the CPU and GPU, respectively. Geekbench by Primate Labs uses all available cores and threads to simulate real-world applications ranging from PDF rendering and speech recognition to machine learning, while GFXBench 5.0 stress-tests both low-level routines like texturing and high-level, game-like image rendering that exercises graphics and compute shaders. Geekbench delivers a numeric score, while GFXBench counts frames per second (fps). Most Chromebook connections are wireless, as you'll use the machine almost exclusively when attached to Wi-Fi. Wired Ethernet ports are rare, but support for 802.11ac Wi-Fi is ubiquitous, with 802.11ax Wi-Fi 6 found in upscale and corporate Chromebooks. Asus also claims to protect users of this Chromebook from bacterial growth, thanks to a signature antimicrobial coating on the chassis. Though the surface doesn't feel any different from any other plastic-bodied Chromebook, it is helpful to know that the keyboard, touchpad, and palm rest are all made to inhibit surface nasties. That may matter if you intend to pass this Chromebook around, say among workmates on different shifts, or among multiple students in a classroom.

The Acer Chromebook Spin 714 (2023) may be a little pricier than many Chromebooks, but that’s because it comes with just a bit more power. And, if you’re using one of these notebooks for work, it’s better to have too much than not enough. In fact, when we tested it, its 13th-Gen Intel Core i5 and 8GB or RAM easily handled running 20 Chrome tabs, including three streaming ones, at once without any noticeable slowdown. Of course, that slightly more powerful hardware is also there to power the 1920 x 1200p touch display as well as its stunningly clear 1440p webcam. Despite that, the HP Dragonfly Pro Chromebook throws some impressive kit at that limited system footprint, giving the system way more resources than it will likely use for at least a few years. You value sleek, contemporary design: With fat bezels and dowdy styling, the Flex 3 looks like something from last decade. I've appeared on CBS News, in USA Today, and at many other outlets to offer analysis on breaking technology news.

Battery: These systems do not support batteries that are not genuine Lenovo-made or authorised. Systems will continue to boot, but may not charge unauthorised batteries. Lenovo has no responsibility for the performance or safety of unauthorised batteries, and provides no warranties for failures or damage arising out of their use. **Battery life is based on the MobileMark® 2014 methodology and is an estimated maximum. Actual battery life may vary based on many factors, including screen brightness, active applications, features, power management settings, battery age and conditioning, and other customer preferences.You want a budget-y Chromebook: This is a premium item with premium specs, so expect to pay for all this hardware. For storage drives, GB = 1 billion bytes. Actual formatted capacity is less. Up to 8.1 GB is reserved and is not user accessible.