Review: Acer Chromebook Plus Spin 514 is a future laptop that deserves homework and beyond

Chromebooks has improved steadily over the years, an increase in power and ease of use. However, its price also increased-some Chromebook books are even the neck and neck with the cost of full windows laptops. However, Chromebooks is the actual choice of schools throughout the United States, from where I am in California to where my sister teaching the second grade in Ohio.

Acer Chromebook Plus Spin 514 surprised me, although there is a mouth of the name, in more than one way. While reviewing the device, I noticed that it became my basic workplace, and there are only a few scenarios as I really missed MacBook Pro. In addition, my high -life beginner was also using her in homework. It turns out that Acer Chromebook Plus Spin 514 is a great family work station, even if she feels huge and sometimes repeated.

Price, availability and specifications

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Acer Chromebook Plus Spin 514 has enough energy for daily tasks. It has a touch screen, the ability to turn into a tablet (truly thick), 128 GB of basic storage, and sufficient ports to keep most people happy. Nevertheless, with this huge design, the Ethernet port was nice; It is all that the entry/directing department lacks.

In the north of $ 500, it was better to feel quickly and deserve it. Fortunately, it is – even with only 8 GB of RAM and Intel Core 3 processor. It comes in a silver/gray option that looks at home with every other laptop on the market.

What is good in Acer Chromebook Plus Spin 514?

Fast internal devices, decent

A few years old at MacBook Pro at this stage, I was not quite sure of what to expect. I used Chromebooks in the past, and I know my children use them at school daily. I was surprised by the pleasure of how quickly Acer Chromebook Plus Spin 514 has performed his duties, even with only Intel Core 3 under the cap. This is a certificate on chromosia and a lightweight range, definitely.

I used this laptop to write all my reviews since its arrival. The comprehensive photo editing was the only problem I faced as I did not find a decent solution. Shoot on Pro systems like Canon R5 and usually use Adobe Lightroom to free my work. There is no system based on the browser that gives me an ideal workflow when working in large quantities.

However, I can imagine using this for everything else. Writing does not require much computing power to start, but in my daily function, there is a lot of research required – which means a lot A browser tab. Even in this heavy work burden, I did not notice a lot of slowdown compared to the main workstation. I liked color.

In addition to how you were, an adult, I was using it, my daughter, Twain Shaker, was a familiar system to help her in her homework at night. To date, it has been using its iPad as well as a keyboard to deal with its school work, efficiency and know -how come with the use of something that also works with it daily in school, it is not necessary.

Battery life and charging speeds are also decent. The battery gave us about 6 to 7 hours in full brightness and tons of tabs, which are equal with ASUS CX54 Chromebook Plus. I know this is not technically a life throughout the day (or even the ten hours announced-but with the battery providing, the laptop is estimated at ~ 12), but with how we used it in our house, it was more than enough. It also leads it to a little more than an hour; The device went from 25 % to 100 % in about 45 minutes. In addition, if you compare this to what I get from the MacBook Pro for aging, this looks really good.

What is bad in Acer Chromebook Plus Spin 514?

Coars around the edges

In a lot of ads for Acer Chromebook Plus Spin 514, you will see how accurate and strong. I assume that “strong” is a good word for that, because, compared to other modern laptops, you can immediately say that this is not a high -end workback station. Now, I have not specifically tested her durability, but I was not completely precious with her either. Besides some fingerprints here and there, hold on daily use.

It’s plastic as much as it can be, do you know? Writing on it is good, but it is not a joy. The tracking plate is also good, but it contains a great click on it, the loudspeakers lack the depth, the screen brightness stops under 400 networks. I found myself trying to raise brightness often only to find that it was in the maximum.

When talking about the screen, he does not have the clarity that I want from a daily work station, but for a child or teenager who performs a homework or someone who needs a basic home computer, it is possible to pass through; I have seen worse.

In general, he does not feel refine. Although the touch screen is working well, I did not use it much to mode the tablet and I had to force myself to do so. It is just a laptop in general.

Should you buy it?

Acer Chromebook Plus Spin 514 is in an interesting position, in terms of price. More than $ 500 (you can sometimes find it for sale for the mid -400 dollar range), it is not cheap. Fortunately, the performance deserves the sale price sign. Of quality, you can spend more and get something better with ASUS CX54 Chromebook Plus. You can also think Samsung’s Galaxy ChromebookThe recently received AP Editor Selection Award.

After that, there are many options for Chromebooks in the 200 dollar range on Amazon, specifically from HP and Lenovo, which may be perfect if used only for home duty. However, if you share the workstation, you may deserve additional energy, memory and storage space here, despite the quality of the plastic construction of the doctrine-which is not like deals.