Main selling points are the excellent battery life, 8GB of RAM, large glass trackpad. Plus it has a fairly powerful ARM chip that runs cool and doesn't need a fan (thus no fan noise.)
Amazon has it on sale now
- $299 for non-touchscreen (was $340 on sale on Prime Day)
- $349 for the touchscreen model
- Excellent battery life (15 hours)
- 8 GB memory
- MediaTek Kompanio 828 8-Core ARM Processor (26K Octane score when I tested it)
- Fanless. No noise.
- Large Gorilla glass trackpad
- 64GB eMMC storage (It's not an SSD but I've found it to be quite fast)
- 14.0" 1920 x 1080 IPS Display
- Backlit keyboard
- Aluminum top cover
- 802.11ax Wi-Fi 6
- Bluetooth 5.2
- Two USB-C ports / One USB-A 3.0 port
- Chrome updates until June 2029
https://www.amazon.com/Acer-Chrom...09SKSHWSD/
Review from ChromeUnboxed:
Acer Chromebook 514 review: MediaTek Kompanio 828 strikes a perfect balance
https://chromeunboxed.com/acer-ch...panio-828/
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Here's the difference between the Amazon Chromebook and the Costco one as far as I can tell:
Amazon model:
CPU: MediaTek Kompanio 828 8-Core ARM Processor
Graphics: Integrated ARM Mali-G57 MC5
Octane score: 26,000
Battery Life: 15 hours
Memory: 8 GB
Storage: 64GB eMMC
Wireless: 802.11ax Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.2
Two USB-C ports
One USB 3.0 port
Other:
Fanless (No noise / Low heat)
Large Gorilla glass trackpad
Upfiring speakers
Includes laptop sleeve
Costco model:
CPU: AMD Ryzen 3 3250C 2 Cores/4 Threads Processor
Graphics: Integrated AMD Radeon
Octane score: 35,500 (higher is better)
Battery Life: 10 hours
Memory: 8GB
Storage: 128GB eMMC
Wireless: 802.11ac Wi-Fi 5 and Bluetooth 5.0
Two USB-C ports
Two USB 3.2 ports (one with power-off charging)
Other:
MicroSD Card Reader
Yes. Another reason that Costco deal is darn good.