- Intel Celeron 847 1.1GHz
- 2GB Memory 320GB HDD
- Google Chome OS
Amazing bang for the buck
03/22/2013
This review is from: Acer C7 Chromebook C710-2847 11.6-inch WiFi – Iron Gray
Pros:
The cheap, competent netbook has finally arrived. It no longer feels like you have to make major sacrifices on performance to have an inexpensive web browsing system.
Perfect for parents or grandparents who just need something to check their email. Rolling updates to the OS ensure they never have to worry about antivirus or exploits. OS Verification ensures you never have to worry about them destroying the system and needing a restore.
With ChrUbuntu, this machine gets even better. Nothing you can't do on this. The Celeron is Sandy Bridge based, so you're not exactly settling when it comes to CPU power. (SB Celeron 1.1Ghz is roughly equivalent to a 1.6Ghz Core2Duo) The hardware is very well supported in ChrUbuntu and the only real issue has been some keymappings not carrying over from ChromeOS. (Brightness and volume, for example)
Steam for Linux runs well, with some tweaks you can easily get 40-70fps in TF2. More complex maps and maps with higher player limits will cause framerates to drop, obviously. Minecraft gets a very solid 30-40fps.
Plays Youtube 720 streams fluidly. (1080 exceeds screen resolution and wouldn't give much benefit in the end unless you use HDMI to a TV, which I don't have the ability to do.)
Cons:
Squishy keys, chicklet keyboard, blue LEDs (ugh! stop using blue leds! they suck!), lousy speakers, uneven backlight that is to be expected with cheap laptops. Given what you get for just under 200 bucks, it's hard to fault things like this.
Overall Review:
Throw in an 8GB stick, install ChrUbuntu on the system and you have yourself an extremely good system for almost a blister-packed-compulse-buy-item on the shelf price.
The system is more than good enough that I'm pretty much going to stop advising family members on what other systems to get if all they're going to do is get online. Because no matter how well a Windows system is set up, I still end up having to do tech support. I've always wished I could recommend a system that is completely hands off for me and enough for other people to use when getting online. This is it.
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