Google has made partnership with Acer and Samsung to delivered Chromebook laptop in market. If previously we've reviewed Samsung Series 5 ChromeBook, now its come into Acer turn. Chromebook laptop model released by Acer is Acer AC700 Chromebook. Like Samsung Series 5 ChromeBook, it also released in two varian, Acer AC700-1099 Chromebook with Wifi and Acer AC700-1529 Chromebook with WiFi+3G. Acer AC700 Chromebook price on the market is offered at $349.00 (AC700-1099) and $429.99 (AC700-1529). Acer AC700 Chromebook specs are: powered by Intel Atom N570 dual-core processor (1.66 GHz) and Intel integrated Graphics Media Accelerator 3150 graphical card which paired with 2GB DDR3 RAM. It has 11.6-inch screen size thin and light laptop. This specs are rather similar with Samsung Series 5, except it has larger screen (12.1-inches) and higher price.

Acer AC700 Chromebook equipped with Intel Atom N570 dual-core processor (1.66 GHz) and Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 3150 which is its performance falls behind AMD E350 APU and its integrated graphical chip Radeon HD 6310. Opting Intel Atom processor at now may be nota good solution. Acer AC700 Chromebook has 11.6 inches HD Widescreen CineCrystal LED-backlit LCD with 1366 x 768 maximum resolution at 16:9 aspect ratio. Furthermore, since Acer AC700 Chromebook relies on cloud storage, it's equipped with considerably as very small storage, it only equipped with 16GB SSD.

Acer AC700 Chromebook Review Pros and Cons

Here are some pros and cons need to be consider
Pros: Lightweight (only 3.19 pounds), long battery life (6-cell Li-ion Battery 4400 mAh, up to 6-hours), and fast booting of Chrome OS.
Cons: it runs on Chrome OS only, so operating Windows or Mac application is not supported. Since it doesn't totally replace PC or Mac function, this price considerrably to be pricey.