The screen is only 13.3 inches, but it's noticeably brighter with USI stylus support, there's a 4K version available, and you get an HDMI port on all models - Acer limited the HDMI port to the Ryzen 5/7 models. The 14c has a fingerprint sensor - not that you can use it for much besides unlocking your Chromebook - and upward-facing speakers, but the screen's slightly worse than the Spin 514 and it only has one USB-A port.Īcer's starting price for the Spin 514 makes it look like a value buy next to the Lenovo ThinkPad C13 Yoga Chromebook, but the C13 has a few distinct advantages despite having the same processor. The HP Chromebook x360 14c is more expensive than the Spin 514 because the Intel Core processors inside it cost more, but Best Buy also puts it on sale about once a month, which puts them on more even footing.

Yeah, ASUS put out the Chromebook Flip C436 last year, but it's a more premium device with a premium price tag and fewer ports. The ASUS Chromebook Flip C434 has ruled this corner of the market for two years, but supply for the C434 is getting low and it's not getting sales as often as it did last year, which is a shame because you should only buy a two-year-old Chromebook at a discount. On the consumer side of the market, the Spin 514 is entering a crowded 14-inch Chromebook market. A few hardware-acceleration bugs with the Radeon graphics and some battery inconsistencies are lurking in the corners if you look for them, but give it a few more Chrome OS updates and I'll bet things are all fixed on this front, just as they were with the launch-day battery issues on the Galaxy Chromebook and ASUS Chromebook C436. Just like the Lenovo ThinkPad C13 Yoga Chromebook, the Acer Chromebook Spin 514 is one of the first Chromebooks using Ryzen 3000-series APUs, and so there's still a little more optimization and fine-tuning to be done here. Source: Ara Wagoner / Android Central (Image credit: Source: Ara Wagoner / Android Central)

Acer Chromebook Spin 514 What I don't like Considering the price, I can't hold this against Acer, but I'm hopeful that in the next year or two manufacturers can make 300-400-nit screens the standard instead of 250. Speaking of brightness, the screen here is 250 nits, same as most Chromebooks on the market, which means that you can use it outside in the shade, but it's not going to be legible in full sunshine. AMD Ryzen 3000 C-Series Mobile Processorsīattery here is rated for 10 hours on a single charge, and I usually got between 7-9 hours, so 10 hours seems doable if you keep the brightness down and stay close to the router.

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