My short hands with Acer’s new convertible Chromebook is cautiously optimistic

Acer’s new ChromeBook Plus spin 514Announced in IFA 2025 in Berlin, the first transfer of the Company to use Mediari joint company Ultra 910 processors. That chip was used in Lenovo Chromebook Plus 14 This was launched earlier this summer and was to deliver excellent performance and life of the marathon in that laptop without fan. I called Lenovo “New King of Chromebook”, and this $ 699.99 Acer, is launched that it is ready to be a solid alternative – especially if you prefer the convertible touching and not bothering you to hear the fan occasionally.

Acer sent me a new Chromebook Plus spin 514 for early testing, and after some short hands – I can say that life of the battery will say that it will be one of the advantages of the Ultra. IPS display options with a resolution of 1920 x 1200 or 2880 K 1800 will not hang with ridicule OLED panels in Lenovo. But the acera draw is its glass glass of a 2-inch touch screen with USA 2.0 styluses (which are Sold separately), allowing you to use it as a tablet, draw it or take the written notes by hand.

It has more, faster ports than Lenovo. ChromeBook Plus Spin 514 has two 10GBPS USB-C ports with Displayportport and delivery of electricity, two USB 3.2 GEN 2 connections and 3.5 mm audio jack. Acer also has a 70h battery compared to Lenovo’s 60Vh, and like Lenovo, which comes with Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 5.4, up to 16 GB of RAM and up to 256 GB UFS 4.0 Storage. The webcam offers or 1080p or 5-megapixel option.

What Acer does not have, however, is the power-powered power button. Which is a little weird on 2-in-1, because if it goes to sleep in the tablet mode, you must reach a button on the power button. His shutdown speakers are also on the keyboard deck, so you move small, thin sound speakers in tent mode or tablet mode match From you.

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