Review on 🖥️ Newest Flagship Acer R13 13.3" Convertible Chromebook - Full HD IPS Touchscreen, Intel Quad-Core MediaTek, 4GB RAM, 64GB SSD, Chrome OS by Dale Emmel

This takes me about a week and overall I'm very happy. I've only used ChromeOS briefly so far, so although it's essentially just a Chrome browser in a clamshell form factor, I'm still getting used to some of the quirks. My main complaint about the OS is the inability to place shortcuts on the desktop. The search works well, but I don't need to clutter and clutter the shelf, so I just use the search. To give an idea of my usage I first looked for a replacement for my Nexus 9 tablet which has become more of a Netflix, YoutubeTV, Hulu and Prime Video viewer and plays KOTOR every now and then with the thought of putting some emulators on it. Taking that into account and realizing that I will lose some mobility and not all Google Play games will necessarily work well knowing that most of what I do can be done in the browser and Android tablets are a bit behind , I decided to take a closer look at the Chromebook, which eventually led me to this. In my opinion, the screen looks pretty good and the touch is very responsive. The keyboard is good enough for short emails and instant messages. I don't want to write anything important about it. Basically, I had problems with spaces not being recognized. If I did that, connecting a keyboard would be almost a must. I'm not a music lover but the speakers are loud enough for my needs. The trackpad is a bit stiff for my taste and difficult to register. The gestures I've used work pretty well and seem intuitive as I can swipe the screen with two fingers and move back and forth by swiping left and right with two fingers. Very happy with the battery life. Posted until 12 p.m. At work, I mainly used it to connect to my workstation's VM with TeamViewer (make sure you're using the Chrome app and not the Android app) while browsing the web. I haven't had to charge it while I'm running it yet, and although I do have around 60-70% battery in 9 hours of moderate use. Heck, I had a short day today (6 hours) and was home for about 3 hours browsing the sites and just got to 50%. Seems to charge quickly. It gets pretty warm, but it's fairly small, compact, and feels pretty solid. Cannot talk to the camera and microphone unless they are there and appear to be working. I opened the app to make sure it was working, but didn't need to do anything else. The metal body looks solid. I've done some repairs and the bottom looks like it's held in place with 9 Phillips screws. Unless you bolt the keyboard and replace the battery, I don't think it would be worth swapping out in the base since pretty much everything gets built into the motherboard. If the screen or digitizer needs to be replaced, this can be problematic. I wasn't looking for removable or swappable rails, but it looks like the digitizer and screen fit pretty snugly into the back of the LCD. I don't think it's glued to the back of the LCD, but it takes a tool to get in and I hope you don't break the plastic latches. I wouldn't be surprised if the LCD and digitizer were glued together. I'm pretty confident about replacing most laptop screens, but this one looks like it's going to get messed up easily. Verdict: Knowing the limitations of ChromeOS, this seems like a good choice for light-to-moderate computing and web browsing.