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The Acer Chromebook Spin 514 is a tough, attractive machine thanks to a military-grade durability rating and aluminum chassis, but it is held back a bit by processor performance and battery life.

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A good Chromebook can sometimes be hard to find. Many ChromeOS devices are too underpowered to really do much beyond browse the web and manage your email, or they suffer from poor build quality, dim ...

The age of the $200 Chromebook seems to be slowly ending, but the latest Chromebooks feature so much more. The 2023 14-inch Acer Chromebook Spin 514 ($699.99 as tested), for example, is a sturdy ...

Acer revealed new TravelMate laptops, a Chrome Spin, and a Chromebox machine all ready to roll for business in 2020. Three new TravelMate notebooks were revealed with with 11th Gen Intel Core ...

Acer should know, as it’s sold over 10 million of them. Only a few, like the Acer Chromebook 14, have aspired to be even semi-luxurious, and that laptop is still less than $300 on Amazon. Two other ...

Tyler Hayes is a product reviewer for Newsweek. He has contributed extensively to WIRED, The New York Times, Fast Company, and others since 2013. He is obsessed with both music and technology, ...

The Spin 713, like all Spin models, packs a 360-degree hinge, enabling it to work in laptop, tablet, tent or display mode. Acer hasn’t forgotten the need for durability, however, giving it the same ...

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The Acer is more expensive than the Dell Chromebook 3189 ($239.00 at Dell Technologies) and the Lenovo Flex 11, partly due to its ruggedized construction and partly due to its coming with a Wacom ...