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"Very usable, Inexpensive, Upgradeable Chromebook!"
on by Itsjus10Pros *Price
*Upgradeable (SATA HDD, 2 RAM slots
*User replaceable battery (Samsung does not)
*Ethernet port (Samsung does not)
*3 USB 2.0 ports
*VGA and HDMI out
*SD card slot
*Gloss Screen (Samsung is matte)Cons *Battery life - But user replaceable ;)
*Weight (heavier than the Samsung)
*Cooling fan (Samsung is fanless)Summary I originally bought the thin Samsung Chromebook..but returned it a few days later. 16gb of local storage and a washed out matte display wasn't very exciting. I switched to the Acer C7 because it offered more usable features for daily use (Ethernet, VGA etc.).
I am also not a "Weight-Weenie" and can handle transporting a 3 pound device without a problem haha!
I put the $50 savings towards a 64GB SSD and a 8GB DDR RAM upgrade. This gave me 10GB of RAM total. I then installed Ubuntu 12.04 Unity (dual booted). Now that Ubuntu is installed..it works like a normal laptop.
I also found that saving movies locally and trying to play them using the Chrome OS was weak. It only played AVI files.
Once Ubuntu was installed.. I was able to play all my movies locally using the VLC video player =D
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"GREAT FOR EDUCATION, GAMES, MUSIC,and COMMUNICATION."
on by ptodoroffPros Price, 320 G. HD. Camera, Ethernet!!, wireless, everything you need to surf the Internet. Easy to Use!
All for $199 Great PriceCons NONE That I can Think Of
Summary GREAT PRODUCT, GREAT PRICE, GREAT TOOL FOR CHILDREN TO LEARN AND HELP WITH THEIR EDUCATION, AT LEAST GET THEM OFF TO A GOOD START IN THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT. THANK YOU ACER & GOOGLE FOR MAKING THIS GREAT PRODUCT At a Reasonable Price. Pete
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"With upgrades - close to an Ultrabook for about $300!"
on by StarfirePrimePros Easily upgradable memory and drive (voids warranty however)
Intel Dual-core Celeron 847, NM70 Intel HD graphics outperforms other low-end CPU
Dual bootable to Linux (ChrUbuntu) with dead simple installation script (google it)
Crisp displayCons Battery life is shorter than Samsung
No USB 3.0 (needed the HM70 chipset for that)Summary I needed Ultrabook convenience without the overkill and found it here. I upgraded to 8GB DDR3 Dual Channel memory (for $32) and a 120GB SSD (for $80) and this thing smokes on both ChromeOS and ChrUbuntu. I had no problem upgrading to Ubuntu 12.10 and adding the Cinnamon desktop. Office 2010 runs fine with PlayOnLinux and just for fun, I ran WinXP in a VMware box allocating both cores and it ran just fine. I couldn't be happier!
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"Chromebook is not for everybody but it is for me."
on by dkenneally1Pros No maintenance....ever. There are no programs running on your Chromebook so you never have update anything or worry about downloading malware or viruses.
Cons Yes, you always have to be connected to the to the net but don't we do that anyway?
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"Biggest POS ever"
on by fulmermikePros None that I can think of
Cons Loses its operating system
Terrible supportSummary I would not ever buy another Acer product or a product with Google as its primary.
Acer C7 Chromebook user reviews
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Quick Specifications
- Processor Intel Celeron ( Dual-Core )
- Memory 2 GB
- Hard Drive 320 GB
- Operating System Google Chrome OS
- Display Type 11.6 in
- Max Resolution 1366 x 768 ( HD )
- Optical Drive None
- Weight 3 lbs
