In plus, in minus
When you tilt the screen, some surprises await us. These, unfortunately, can be attributed to two categories: pleasant and unpleasant. The first of them in a moment go, let’s focus first natym that just may not like it. Like the larger model Chromebook from Acer, the test CB3-111 I also experience a really wide frame around the screen. A little more than two centimeters is far too much, which at first it seems that the screen does not even declared the diagonal length of 11 inches. After some time, it ceases to pay attention, but Whenever the longer interval of use means that when returning immediately remind ourselves of the defect. Another issue is small, rubber inserts around the screen to prevent the drawing up of the keys – are also extremely eye-catching. What you can deal with a sticker on both sides of the touchpad – some may be considered to be minimally invasive, but in my opinion enough to ruin your perception that getting rid of them would be only a matter of time.
The size of the touchpad is dictated by the dimensions of the computer. 10.5 inch wide and 6 inches in height is much more than was offered in a typical netbooks and normal use of the wider area is more than sufficient. With support for multi-touch gestures for Chrome OS, the touchpad does not have a physical right button – pressing the entire plate is equivalent to pressing the left mouse button. Using two fingers will allow you to reach for the equivalent of the right key, and what is important, it is not necessary pressing plate, as it reacts to the delicate crunch of. The situation is similar with the use of three fingers, allowing you to replace the roller is pressed on the mouse (eg. To open the link in a new tab). Page scrolling gestures (two fingers), or going to expose the former view in OS X (thumbnails of all open windows) operate reliably, which makes me very positively surprised.
I do not write, I “float”
Until recently, I thought that for some time so I do not hit on a comfortable keyboard, I have seen in my Chromebook from Samsung. For such a high-ranking crossbar Acer managed to not only reach, as even her jump, because the keys in CB3-111 have slightly lower pitch and are not as hard as those of Samsung, which makes operation easier on your fingers while typing. Such a reception Acer Chromebook keyboard is certainly dependent on the fact of having my little smaller hands. I realize that such dimensions that the keyboard can be a bit problematic for people with larger hands, but selecting a small computer we have to go for some compromises. What you will not pose a problem this quality, because this is a surprisingly high level. Of course, you should also remember that the Chromebook keyboard layout is slightly different from what we find in the standard keyboard. The function keys have been replaced by specific features dedicated buttons (back, forward, refresh, bright ness and volume control, mute, full screen mode, thumbnail view windows). Instead CAPS LOCK-and we will find the key which stands for search engine Launchpad Chrome OS, which allows not only to search local content, but also the network. No caps locka and replaced the delete key, easy-to-remember shortcut combinations – ALT + Search option launches the uppercase letter, and ALT + Backspace deletes files and the characters before the cursor. The only thing I could have some grievances, the layout and size of the arrow keys “up” and “down”, but truth be told after several days of heavy use, you can get used to it.
Compromises
In contrast to the larger model CB5-111, the Chromebook 11 will not experience such great screen resolution and processor. Acer has used a fairly standard resolution of 1366 by 768 pixels, with eleven inches diagonal is not the worst choice, but the procedure was necessary to reduce the price of the device. Nvidia Tegra K1 since been replaced by a dual-core Celeron from Intel N2830 2.16GHz clocked a series of Bay Trail, which allowed the use of a closed structure Chromebook. Housing is devoid of the vents, and the computer is completely silent. It is supplemented with 2 gigabytes of RAM. It is not a “set of dreams” and with solid computer load periods are longer noticeable loading pages, and even delays in the introduction of the text. If we limit ourselves to a few tabs open (with a maximum of one multimedia content such as YouTube or music player) is a Chromebook 11 does not causes any trouble. Watching videos in 1080p would not work because of this, and no t another screen resolution, but it is worth noting that it is a completely hassle-free.
From a distance from the wall?
This, how intensely we will use the Chromebook will obviously affect on battery life. The manufacturer declares 8.5 hours of work without the need to connect power supply and in some scenarios it is certainly achievable. Viewing deprived media sites can take up to eight hours, as for example the use of Google Docs. However, when running in the background will be a few cards and decide to cheer myself a bit of music this time will be reduced by up to 1-1.5 hours. Video streaming will naturally the most effective way to reduce the energy in the battery, and i even watch clips from the local memory much time will affect the battery life. Then we must be prepared for up to 4-5 hours of computer use (depending on the level of brightness of the screen).
Is Chrome (OS) enough?
If you use every day with your computer do not you start usually nothing more than the browser itself, it may be Chromebook worthy successor or substitute for your laptop. Offer applications running without connection to the Network continues to grow, and are added to the list is also a native of Android applications, offering the most part all the necessary functions we use. The Web browsing on a Chromebook I should not even mention this possibility because the best slogan captures one of the promotional clips “Is it a computer? Do you have access to the Internet? This is the Internet. ” This does not mean, however, that it does not meet any obstacles in your way – the best example is the Polish VOD services using Silverlight technology. Chrome OS this fact did not support it. But the files stored in the device memory can handle pretty well – Office documents, music and video files, archives, photos, using open system applications or those from th e Chrome Web Store, which most often allow for much more. Connecting a mouse or USB flash drive is successful, but the print will have to use Google Cloud Print.
Summary
Acer Chromebook 11, is a computer for those looking for a small, lightweight and slim PC to browse the Web, which you can take anywhere, especially when working without external power supply is more frequent than being “chained” to the socket. It is true that the Chromebook will not allow more than the basic operations performed on the computer, but since created just for this purpose, it is difficult for him to blame.
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