Showing posts with label Acer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Acer. Show all posts
Sunday, August 24, 2014
David & Goliath. Bargain Bin Budget Laptops Acer 11.6 in and Toshiba 17.3 in Windows 8.1
My kid is entering the first grade so I decided to upgrade his computer. His first computer was an Acer C710 Chromebook. It served him well for Preschool and Kindergarten. I think Chromebooks satisfies most needs but the one thing I hated about the C710 Chromebook was the battery life. Thus, I sought out his replacement. I heard great things about the 710 replacement, the C720 but the allure of cheap Windows laptops tempted me. Low and behold, a few of the brick-n-mortart stores are selling ultra cheap Windows 8.1 celeron budget laptops. First, I got him a 17.3" Toshiba laptop. Yes, 17.3" 1600x900 6lb behemoth. It was 250ドル so why not. Then, Best Buy flashed an 11.6 Acer for 130ドル so I couldn't resist. I decided to let hime choose what he wanted to keep.
Thus, today's post are about two compelling, cheap, low-end Windows PCs in our household.
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014
Crazy Cheap Acer 11" Netbook / Laptop on Sale
I just ordered an 11.6" laptop for 129ドル. Yep, 129ドル. That is crazy.
Sure, it isn't a speed demon but 129ドル. This would make a low power NAS, linux ultralight.
I saw my newsfeed flash a sale for an 11.6" notebook at 179ドル. I went online to Best Buy and refreshed the page and it dropped to 129ドル.99. This was around midnight on 2014年08月19日. It sold out quick. It is an Acer Aspire 11.6" E3-111. The RAM is upgrade-able so I'll throw in an 8GB stick I have lying around.
It has a N2830 Celeron which isn't particularly fast but it has the same specs as the ASUS C200 Chromebook. It is completely fanless, so this should be very interesting.
I will update with a review once I get it.
Edit: This was legit. If it was a price mistake, Best Buy did honor the price and I picked it up.
Sure, it isn't a speed demon but 129ドル. This would make a low power NAS, linux ultralight.
I saw my newsfeed flash a sale for an 11.6" notebook at 179ドル. I went online to Best Buy and refreshed the page and it dropped to 129ドル.99. This was around midnight on 2014年08月19日. It sold out quick. It is an Acer Aspire 11.6" E3-111. The RAM is upgrade-able so I'll throw in an 8GB stick I have lying around.
It has a N2830 Celeron which isn't particularly fast but it has the same specs as the ASUS C200 Chromebook. It is completely fanless, so this should be very interesting.
I will update with a review once I get it.
Edit: This was legit. If it was a price mistake, Best Buy did honor the price and I picked it up.
Wednesday, August 21, 2013
Acer C7 Chromebook Quick Review
So I ended up getting an Acer C7 Chromebook. It was 122ドル refurb so I figured why not.
The Acer C7 Chromebook (C710-2847) is basically a rebadged, re-worked 11.6 netbook running Chrome OS. It is based off the Acer Aspire V5-171. Acer didn't do much to the design except swap out a few keyboard labels.
The Acer C7 Chromebook (C710-2847) is basically a rebadged, re-worked 11.6 netbook running Chrome OS. It is based off the Acer Aspire V5-171. Acer didn't do much to the design except swap out a few keyboard labels.
It is as boring as it gets. 11.6" screen with piss poor viewing angles and an anemic battery life of 3 hours. Did I mention I got it for 122ドル? That is the saving grace. The chassis is made of the cheapest tupperware plastic that can be found yet it manages to pull down 3 pounds in weight. This is a half pound heaver than the Samsung Series 3 Chromebook.
So how does it compare to the Samsung's ARM based Chromebook? See below.
Generally speaking, the Acer is much faster due to the fact it is running an INTEL processor. There are various benchmarks showing the speed advantage of the Acer. It also has three USB ports, a VGA port, HDMI, and an 10/100 ethernet. The Samsung model lacks the ethernet, one less USB and does without the VGA. I can see the advantage to having the onboard ethernet for some scenarios.
Also, because it runs on an X86 platform, it has a much wider selection of INTEL only applications like VNC Viewer which is unavailable on the Samsung.
Another advantage to the Acer is it the fact it has a 320GB storage. That may or may not be important to you but with 320GB, you can probably store quite a few MP4 movies for local playback. Hence, the Acer isn't a total disaster. It is also much more upgrade-able. You can easily up the RAM cheaply and this makes it a decent UBUNTU portable netbook if you are so inclined to go that route. The 3 hour battery life can be fixed with a larger 6, 9 cell battery that you can buy later on.
However, I would still pick the Samsung over the Acer. The Samsung has a better fit-n-finish. The screen, keyboard, and trackpads are much better. The keyboard on the Samsung has better travel and the trackpad operates with less glitches than the Acer. The Acer also heats up under use. The Samsung can be used on a lap while lounging whereas the Acer gets warm after a few minutes. Lastly, out-of-the-box, the Samsung has a better runtime of 6-7 hours.
So there you have it. My short take on the Acer C7 Chromebook. Did I mention I got it for 122ドル!
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