Acer - R 11 2-in-1 11.6" Touch-Screen Chromebook - Intel Celeron - 4GB Memory - 16GB eMMC Flash Memory - White

I have been reading and doing research on Chrome-books for a while. I finalized the brand and this device. Luckily I got a a deal during thanksgiving sale. I brought this for my son and he is simply loving it. Nothing much to add because it is Chrome OS Good: Versatile, Light weight, Faster, touch screen control and longer battery life Bad: I feel Chrome OS is still evolving and I consider it is at a Infant stage. One feature I would request google is to enhance and redesign the parental control in Chrome OS. It is not so easy or intuitive. Overall: I am very satisfied customer of this product. budget friendly chrome book.

Really nice, feels well-built for the price, decent screen, best value for money if you're looking for a touchscreen convertible laptop. Only downside is the processing speed: you definitely notice the processor is not as good as a regular laptop or anywhere close. Also, the Google Play Store is a bèta version, so some more complex apps don't work quite as well as they should. Google Chrome however works like a charm. Pros: - Very well priced (Black Friday $179) - Chrome OS with Google Play store (bèta version) - Sturdy build (for the price) - Good screen, well lit - Good touchpad + keyboard - Outstanding battery - SD card slot Cons: - Lacks processing speed - Connection too slow to work on some apps - Charging cable could have been a bit longer - No full HD screen (not really an issue) - Chrome OS doesn't work with encrypted external storage - Some apps from Google Play Store don't work

I was looking for a laptop for Santa to bring my 9 year old son and I wanted something with a good amount of memory and fast internet. After looking on all major store websites and reading many reviews and debating over what we could afford to spend I chose this one. The laptop is perfect and my son loves it very much. He has downloaded a few games from the google store and use the internet with no issues. The touch screen is just a huge bonus and he was so excited to have that. I am not a tech person but so can say this is a very nice laptop and works great.

Can't beat it if you use your Google Account. Easy setup. As of 2016 this model was able to run Android Apps. That made it even better. Touchscreen is a tipping point on your computer experience, you won't easily accept computers without this feature anymore. Gave it 5 stars in consideration to its cost and benefits. Unless you work with very specific software, this laptop will fit your necessities.

I sit typing this review on the Acer R11 chromebook and honestly I’m quite impressed. Essentially 8-9 years ago we’d have called this a netbook, with its Atom... err.. Celeron processor, 11.6” screen size and small internal solid state storage. But those many years ago a netbook didn’t have a sharp IPS screen protected with hardened glass, or multi-touch capacitive touchscreen. Nor did they have a 360 degree hinge allow them to be used as a hybrid tablet. What’s interesting is how much hasn’t changed but yet feels much less strange today than it did those many years ago. Smaller screens are a norm now. Optical disks are all but forgotten, and the inclusion of 2 USB ports feels generous and not stingy. For all intents and purposes the Acer is a refined netbook, building on the strengths of the original design. Here we have Google’s envisioning of a lightweight OS, based on Linux, but much more functional than the more standard Linux distributions before. The storage, screen, and input capabilities are all simply more refined. The Acer also stands out from its grandparents with exceptional build quality. Comparing these devices it’s easy to relate to the 1970’s domestic automobile to the 2010’s domestic automobiles: quality and build are much higher than those of old. There is not a squeak to be had in the chassis, nor any keyboard flex. The lid includes an aluminum plate with a texture that would make the most expensive netbooks of old jealous. The hinge design is quite stable with aluminum reinforcement. The trackpad is also much better with two finger scrolling and a size no less than twice the size of its forefathers. As mentioned before - the screen would embarrass even high end full-sized laptops, with it’s WXGA resolution, gorilla glass, capacitive digitizer and IPS screen is nearly beyond reproach. In fact, there is almost no IPS glow, colors are gorgeous, it presents quite high brightness in an indoor environment and blacks are deeper than I could believe IPS screens could reach on a budget. By modern standards, the Acer is definitely a budget machine. That said, this is by far a premium budget machine. The worst criticism I can levy for the R11 is it’s trackpad. While a good size and very comfortable to use, the scrolling is a bit jarring. When two finger scrolling, slow scrolling accelerates appropriately, but if you flick your fingers too far acceleration is gone and scrolling feels very disconnected. Furthermore, the trackpad has a small break in period which feels odd. The travel involved is nearly equal to the key travel of they keyboard. But what’s out of place on the trackpad, is quite welcome on the keyboard. The key travel is quite nice, linear and forgiving. While the keys are spongy, they are comfortable and accurate and quiet. They lack a backlight, but that’s forgivable. The keyboard has little to no flex, and is standard chromebook layout. You have your normal QWERTY layout, lacking F-keys, replacing them with back/forward, refresh, fullscreen, multitasking, brightness, sound and lock respectively. Caps lock is replaced by search (and luckily ChromeOS allows you to remap it to Ctrl if you wish). The left CTRL and ALT are oversized as on other Chromebooks. Performance is acceptable and that’s the best I can say about it. Inefficient webpages load slowly, but modern efforts work reasonably well. The N3060, while being a modern Braswell CPU, performs much like its predecessors but consuming slightly less power than the previous generation. It easily doubles performance over its grandparents. In fact a Core 2 Duo of this era would be hard pressed to keep up with this power sipping ‘Celeron’ in Atom clothing. Battery life is around stated 10 hours. Currently after being rather active: benchmarking and typing this entire review the battery remains over 70%. This is about 3 hours of continuous moderate to high usage at 60-70% brightness. While some may quibble over one or two hours of additional runtime in larger ChromeBooks, the Acer definitely qualifies for full day battery life. If what you need is a note taker, then the R11 is a definite consideration. Touch is responsive, and ChromeOS has gone a long way to ensuring it’s a good experience. The browser zooms with obvious GPU acceleration, and hence is quite smooth. The capacitive touchscreen has no noticeable lag, and it’s easy to use it to scroll and even play games. ChromeOS is just as adept at adapting to touchscreen as Windows 10. In fact, I’d say the on-screen keyboard is more reliable and predictable than you’d find on Windows 10 hybrids. Of course that all may change as time progresses. ChromeOS does seem to be aware of touch capabilities, as the tab UI seems ever so slightly ‘taller’ than on a pure laptop, ensuring tabs are an easier touch target. Hint: Swiping from the bottom of the screen will auto-hide the shelf. The chassis of the Acer is elegant but a bit hefty. There is a thickness to the R11 that feels unnecessary and makes it stand out as opposed to the non-touchscren/hybrid competition. That isn’t to say it’s uncomfortable to hold or too heavy. In some ways it’s just right - with the proportions perfect in laptop mode. Stand mode and tablet mode feel less natural due to the total thickness of the device, measuring in at .8”. The device never feels too heavy or unnatural to hold. I did however have some odd behavior in tablet mode - where occasionally the keyboard wouldn’t deactivation. Windows 10 seems to have this down to a science on hybrid devices I’ve used, whereas ChromeOS still has it’s rough patches. One thing I've always loved about ChromeBook's is the fact that they always include good wireless hardware. The Intel 7265NGW includes dual band AC. I easily hit my maximum internet speed via speed test. It's refreshing to see a budget machine with great wireless hardware. Interestingly, the Acer R11 is one of the first Chromebooks to be inducted into the Play Store club. If you put the R11 to the ‘dev’ channel, you’ll find the Android Play Store accessible. Of the few apps I’ve tried, they all seem to work well. The biggest downside is the lack of certain capabilities due to lack of sensors. Riptide GP2 runs smoothly with graphics on high, but you must rely on the touchscreen controls. Microsoft Word installs and works well with the keyboard. While I only used a few apps, this is definitely exciting times for ChromeOS. The real question is if this is the right device for you. If you don’t need a large screen or full desktop applications, ChromeOS is a definite contender. Productivity is easy to have on this device with the full power of Google’s suite at your disposal. Where most Chromebooks fall down is performance in the face of a power user, and the Acer R11 is no different. The N3060 CPU keeps up, but barely. The GPU keeps graphics flowing, and there’s a definite advantage of this new GPU evident, but the CPU is marginally faster than each prior generation. While it is blindingly fast compared to 10 years ago, it’s still slower than the high end of 10 years ago, so keep that in mind. The screen is great on a device like this, so don’t feel like there is any compromise going on here. The trackpad is flawed, but the touchscreen and keyboard make up for its issues. Apps are plentiful and HTML5 is in a much better place than it was when the first netbooks roamed the earth. Chrome OS has Android as a great fallback for more apps. The R11 is a capable machine at a decent price. The netbook is dead, long live the ChromeBook!

Was anxious to try out this complimentary Acer Chromebook R11, 2 in 1 unit, because I was not familiar with any Chromebook kinds of computers, nor, the Google Chrome OS. I asked myself is this unit supposed to be a tablet, I-Pad, or laptop? What is it? As I took it out of the box I noticed that the top (housing the screen) is made of aluminum while the bottom (with the keyboard) is made of composite plastic. Both sides of the unit have an etched-pattern for easy gripping and handling. Since I have arthritis this is a big plus for me, and, probably great for the smaller hands of children also. Another plus is the ease at which this unit can be opened, folded, or configured in any one of four ways: tablet, tent, display, or laptop mode with the 360 degree hinges. It is lightweight and only weighs approximately 2 ¾ pounds. Set-up was so simple I kept thinking to myself (after all of my experiences setting up MS computers out-of-the-box) that there has got to be more to this, and, I must have missed some instructions? However, just five minutes out-of-the-box, it was ready to use. I already had a Google and G-mail account, which further simplified my set-up. You are required to have a Google account to sign-in, however you can create one during the set-up. I am impressed how simple this R11 actually is to use, and, navigate the web using the Chrome OS browser. After using many Windows OS over the past 26 years, this one is a breeze to use, simplistic, and similar to Win 10 in lots of ways. It is designed to use Chrome apps, which are available at the Google Web Store. This model, the Acer R11, is slated to have the capability to utilize Android apps later on this year or in 2017. Chrome is basically app-orientated, OS. You cannot download or install programs, and, or, software that is 'executable' with the Chrome OS like you do in Windows 10. It does not provide storage for files other then pics and Google documents. You do receive 100 GB of Cloud Storage up to two years free with the Acer R11. The Intel® Celeron®, dual-core, N3060, is the entry-level processor that drives this Acer R11. Internal memory is 4 GB, which allows me plenty of memory to have multiple tabs and apps, open and running for multitasking and surfing the net. This unit is MU-MIMO (IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac), and since I have a MU-MIMO router the transfer speeds are astonishingly fast on a 5 GHz radio setting. WooHoo! Be advised that you cannot expand internal memory or storage capacity. But you can utilize SD cards for photo transfers, or, use USB Flash Drives since it has an internal one. It has one USB 3.0 and one USB 2.0 ports. The internal storage capacity is 16 GB Flash, which is more then adequate using the myriad of apps that are available. The Acer R11 also has a full size HDML port for connecting to another monitor, TV, or, for displaying photos, movies, or other kinds of media. It has a webcam for video chats, but you have to use Google 'Hangouts' between both computers with the Chrome OS. Skype is not available at this time. It does have a 3.5mm headphone / auxiliary speaker jack port. For word processing Google documents have an array of tools, which allow for varied document formats, spread sheets, and presentations utilizing Google Slides. You can convert your documents into many different formats to include, 'Word', 'OpenOffice', Rich Text, and 'PDF' to name a few. You can print your documents through the web-based, Google Cloud Print. You will have to set-up your printer so that it will enable 'Cloud Printing'. When you complete a document you wish to print out, clicking on the print icon will give the instructions on how to set-up your printer in Google Cloud Printing so you basically can print documents from anywhere. Super-neat feature. However, be aware that older printers may not be able to access Google Cloud Print. The audio is very good from its dual stereo speakers on the bottom of the unit, which can be turned 360 degrees for richer sound delivery. Since it has Bluetooth I paired my wireless Bluetooth speaker in order to play music from the Chrome Pandora app. I also paired a Bluetooth mouse to the R11. The Acer R11 is much more versatile and usable then a 'tablet' and costs approximately the same. It has many features that tablets do not offer: SD memory card slot; physical keyboard instead of qwerty; larger HD, touch-screen; quality stereo sound speakers that can be re-positioned in several configurations for even richer sound; 360 degree rotation, for laptop, tent, display, and pad positions; MIMO technology, which provides amazing speeds over the latest MU-MIMO, Wi-Fi, routers; fast start-up and web surfing; free virus protection, which updates itself; up to 10 hours of battery usage before charging; through Google Cloud Print you can print a document from anywhere there is an Internet connection; for word processing, spread sheets, and presentations it allows for a higher level of productivity because of a physical keyboard and a variety of tools provided by Google Documents. There is no need to purchase expensive anti-virus protection. It is included and updates itself when needed. The Acer R11 provides a one year warranty on both parts and labor. The only negatives I found were with the keyboard. There is not a caps or delete key, which are very helpful using word processing and spread sheets. It would have been nicer if, the keypad was lighted also. If you use a Bluetooth mouse like I did, be aware you cannot 'disable' the keyboard trackpad. The Acer R11 answered my question of, what is it? The R 11 is a mulch-functional, entry-level, notebook / tablet / laptop, with exceptional speed for web-surfing, productive word processing, spreadsheets, and presentation capabilities. The two most important attributes are the exceptional speed and simplicity of operation. It provides great value and affordability for the features and functions you receive. Plus, it is Wi-Fi, MIMO enabled, which 'future-proofs' it for years to come. All of the latest devices will now feature MU-MIMO, Wi-Fi, enabled cards. I enjoy using my Acer R11 and am so impressed with it, I plan on buying one for each of my two, school-aged Grand kids before school starts. The R11 Chromebook is an outstanding, entry-level unit for children. For adults it is far superior in practicality then 'tablets', especially in physical features and size. I prefer to use this unit over my tablet and much pricier I-Pad. The Acer R11 will never replace my laptop, but it does provide me with all of the 'basic' features for productivity and the convenience of lightweight and portability. Again, I love the simplicity of the Chrome OS. The Acer R11 is amazingly fast. I highly recommend the purchase of this Acer R11 over any tablet and as a less expensive alternative to an I-Pad.

I love my Acer Chromebook because it's bigger than a tablet but smaller than a laptop. The graphics are bright and impressive. I was looking for something that had more memory than most tablets to watch movies on, because my tablet kept freezing up. The Chromebook fit the bill perfectly. And yet it has the portability of a tablet. The keyboard is a plus and flip it around to use it as a tablet with a touch screen.

This computer does everything I need it to do and the price is great!