Purchased for $180.00 during the Holiday 2016 sales as a X-Mas gift for my kid. Overall, this is a fantastic simple laptop for any user, especially great for young students.
Pros:
-The screen, though not super high resolution (vertical pixel count of 768), is vivid and bright, contrast is superb and even though it's relative small at 11.6" great for light browsing and YouTube viewing.
-Usability: it's light at under 3 lbs., auto-sleeps when the lid is closed, wakes up immediately upon opening it, it has two and three finger gesture recognition for things like scrolling, going from browser tab to tab, and right clicking.
-Battery life: with varied, average usage the battery will last between 8 to 10 hours (which is also dependent on your brightness setting - at around 35% brightness the screen is great to look at under most interior lighting conditions, and great for long battery life)
-OS: I found the simplified and uncluttered Chrome OS to be a blessing for a light weight computing device like this one. You have none of the overhead of the usual bloat you find in the fully fledged OSs. This is a responsive, specific, modern computer that would suit most casual needs for many types of users
-Build quality: the shell uses a durable, light weight plastic, even though it's just plastic it feels sturdy and strong (it's drop-safe from 3' high)
Cons:
-Google Docs app feels just slightly unresponsive, like there's a fraction of a second delay in the way you would navigate through a document editing, for instance. It just doesn't have the snappiness you would hope for. This may be a software issue that Google needs to work out in order to make their apps work better on lower-powered PCs
-Inability to make custom keyboard shortcuts - I use the Home and End keys a lot on my Windows machines, I wish Google would provide a way to make custom shortcuts on their OS
At around $200 and under, this is a solid computer that will meet the needs of any casual user. These days most computing tasks are accomplished on the browser, and the apps are becoming more and more optimized for such usage. I love the simplicity of this machine and its utility.
| Standing screen display size | 11.6 Inches |
|---|---|
| Screen Resolution | 1366 x 768 pixels |
| Max Screen Resolution | 1366x768 Pixels |
| Processor | 1.6 GHz celeron_n3060 |
| RAM | 4 GB LPDDR3 |
| Hard Drive | 16 GB SSD |
| Graphics Coprocessor | Intel HD Graphics 400 |
| Chipset Brand | Intel |
| Card Description | Integrated |
| Graphics Card Ram Size | 16 GB |
| Wireless Type | Bluetooth |
| Number of USB 3.0 Ports | 2 |
| Average Battery Life (in hours) | 14 Hours |
