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hey everyone and welcome to another review by Jim's review room today we'll be looking at the acer c720 and the one i have here is the 199 dollar version that comes with two gigs of ram while the other model comes with four gigs and priced $50 more and instead of explaining in detail on every Chromebook review that I do if you're not too familiar with Chromebooks as just watching my video what's a Chromebook at my channel or clicking this video if you're watching this on your desktop so without further adieu we'll get started now Chromebooks are indeed known for their low price but also for their slimness and lightweight chassis now the entire unit is made of plastic with hard plastic on the bottom making this one the more rigid Chromebooks available now much more sturdy than my recent review of a Samsung Chromebook itself now opening closing the lid showed very minimal to no signs of flex overall when holding and working with the Acer it's been a very well-built machine that doesn't feel cheap the measurements are on the screen right now with the unit being 11.3 inches wide eight inches deep and only 0.8 inches thick with the lid closed and it weighs in at 2.76 pounds bring this a lightweight notebook to work with and carry no connectivity is on par with Chromebooks on the market there's no connections on the front or the rear of the Chromebook but on the right side does include a USB 2.0 port with a built-in SD card reader while rotating to the left here yields a three-and-a-half millimeter microphone headset combination port the newest USB standard which is USB 3.0 and an HDMI port is available to connect your TV or monitor and lastly is the hole to plug in the supply AC power cord the last physical feature is the built-in webcam which like most Chromebooks has VGA quality not an older technology and as you can see on the screen it isn't the most crisp image available but do keep in mind Chromebooks are a budget laptop now in regards to screen size Acer like most other Chromebooks comes with a 11 and a half inch screen with a resolution of 1366 by 768 now the resolution is actually on par with other low to mid grade laptops with the same resolution not only when you start to hit around the $100 price point is when you do see a higher resolution for more crisp and detailed images and lettering now as for contrast for a budget-conscious lat the colors are fine and is enough to have an enjoyable experience while watching movies and lastly the screen itself is a matte finish so there's minimized glare and that's a plus there now moving on internally Chromebooks in general uses low power consumption processors in this case a certain uses the latest Intel Celeron processor running at one point four gigahertz dual-core processor with 2 gigs of RAM on board but I do recommend spending that additional $50 I mentioned earlier to get the 4 gig version that's of course if it's available in your area now the 2 gig version runs perfectly fine but for only $50 more you might as well get a little bit more multitasking performance with that extra RAM now also available is a 16 gigabyte solid state hard drive which means a very fast performing hard drive in general with minimal boot up time actually acer claims a 7 second boot up time and i've confirmed it with a stopwatch then I personally use SSDs and all my personal computers as well now other notable features are wireless a/b gmm connections with Bluetooth connectivity for all your Bluetooth enabled devices and the battery claims up to eight and a half hours of use however during my test applying Netflix movies YouTube videos and a mixing use of web browsing in between as well of course I was able to obtain about seven and a half hours seven hours seven half hours of news now regarding the Asus performance my tests yielded perfectly fine for everyday casual use these new processors do make normal actions feel smooth and perform as it should compared to the older generation Chromebooks now pulling up email going onto Facebook browsing photos went without a hitch watching youtube videos in high definition wasn't a problem at all and of course in that flex ran smooth not as for gaming I do not recommend the Chromebook at all although some games can be found in the Google store some were just not compatible with Chromebook and required Windows and something didn't work as well because they required Java now games that were to be found and playable were not any 3d heavy-hitting blockbuster titles like minecraft or asphalt 8 just a name to up top my head now more two-dimensional games were found and they ran perfectly fine games like Angry Birds and cut the rope maybe flappy wings or flappy bird I'm sorry but even more power demanding games that are still two dimensional but they're you know involve a little bit more physics like happy wheels when you know pretty decent at 30 frames per second I'm not sure if you notice so far but every application that I opened so far has been opened in a web browser now Google doesn't run on programs but everything is web driven and this being a Chromebook developed by Google there's nearly if not all of Google services available we're speaking of Google Hangouts Google Docs Google Maps Gmail Google Drive etc you name it now one of the limitations that the operating software is again not being able to use programs that you would normally install if you're not too familiar with Chromebook and how it works I highly suggest again watching my video called what is Chromebook and it explains the Chromebooks operating software and what it offers so to wrap things up the Acer c720 Chromebook price alone is a huge selling point at only 199 dollars making this the cheapest yet one of the newest Chromebooks as of this review now slim and simple profile compared to more traditional laptops and ACS battery life is on a top tier of Chromebooks and laptops alike the only downfalls I can see is of course the gaming department or in general anything too demanding but I believe if you expect crumble to do the basics Chromebook will work out for you so hope this review helped you out in some way and if you have not please take your time to LIKE and subscribe to this video for future alerts to do products this is Jimmy from Jim's review room take everyone by