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Acer Chromebook Plus Spin 714
MSRP
$699.00
- Attractive price
- Fast performance
- Excellent battery life
- Solid build quality
- Good IPS display
Cons
- A little thick and heavy
- Too few configuration options
Specs and configurations
Acer Chromebook Plus Spin 714 | |
Dimensions | 12.36 inches x 8.86 inches x 0.78 inches |
Weight | 3.21 pounds |
Processor | Intel Core Ultra 5 115U |
Graphics | Intel Graphics |
RAM | 8GB |
Display | 14.0-inch 16:10 FHD+ (1920 x 1200) IPS, 60Hz |
Storage | 256GB SSD |
Touch | Yes |
Ports | 2 x USB-C with Thunderbolt 4 1 x USB-A 3.2 Gen 1 1 x HDMI 2.0 1 x 3.5mm audio jack |
Wireless | Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.2 |
Webcam | QHD (2560 x 1440) |
Chrome OS | |
Battery | 53 watt-hour |
Price |
$699 |
While Acer might release other configurations of the Chromebook Plus Spin 714, there’s only one available right now. It has an Intel Core 5 Ultra 115U, 8GB of RAM, a 256GB SSD, and a 14-inch FHD+ IPS display for $699.
That’s an attractive price for a laptop that will provide very good performance given the lightweight nature of Chrome OS. It is not, though, a purely budget laptop. For that money, you’ll need to be okay with any limitations of the platform and be willing to look past some other, equally affordable Windows laptops like the Asus Zenbook 14 that’s around the same price and sports a fantastic OLED display.
Design
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The webcam is a high-res 1440p version, and it supports various Chromebook Plus features based on Google’s Gemini AI features. I mention those here because a lot of them depend on the webcam. But, there are actually a host of Chromebook Plus features that the Chromebook Plus Spin 714 has. In a way, Chromebook Plus is Google’s response to Microsoft’s Copilot+ PC AI initiative. The difference is that Chromebook Plus laptops don’t seem to require a fast Neural Processing Unit (NPU), which the Chromebook Plus Spin 14 doesn’t possess.
I found the various features to work well, and that includes the webcam. So far, AI seems more like a novelty to me, so I won’t spend too much time on Chromebook Plus.
Performance
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