
#Google chrome laptop price windows
The Acer C7 beat the Windows ultraportable average of 38 seconds by loading in 21 seconds, but other Chromebooks are faster.

Fortunately, tons of power isn't needed for the Chromebook.Ĭhromebooks are known for their blazing fast boot times.
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The Samsung Chromebook Series 5 550 has the more-powerful Intel Celeron 857 processor, with 4GB of RAM, while the Samsung Chromebook Series 3 switched to ARM with a 1.7-GHz Exynos 5 Dual processor and 2GB of RAM. The same was true with high notes in Kanye West's "No Church in the Wild," where the bass was flat.Ĭlick to EnlargeThe Acer C7 has a 1.1-GHz dual-core Intel Celeron 847 Processor and 2GB of RAM, bringing enough power for basic tasks, but not much else. Queen's "Don't Stop Me Now" was crisp and clear, although high notes were tinny. Still, we weren't impressed with this notebook's top volume it filled our testing room, but we still wanted to crank it up a few more notches. There are two speakers mounted on the bottom front of the Acer C7, which amplifies sound by bouncing audio off the surface where the notebook rests. Viewing angles were decent from side to side, but images quickly discolored at up or down angles. Still, we could make out the fields of grass covering the hills of the shire as well as individual hairs in the many extravagant beards. The trailer for "The Hobbit" looked crisp and clear in both bright and dark scenes, but we still wished we could turn the brightness up just a few more notches. However, the Acer C7 falls well below the ultraportable average of 236 lux.

In terms of brightness, the C7 trumped the Samsung Chromebook, measuring 189 lux against 176 lux. While colors and images popped more on this system, the glossy finish increased screen reflectiveness there were a few times when we needed to adjust the screen to compensate for bright light behind us. Click to EnlargeThe Acer C7 Chromebook has an 11.6-inch 1366 x 768 display, just like the Samsung Chromebook, but offers a glossy finish instead of matte.
