However, I did spend some time flicking through web pages via Chrome and watching a few minutes of various Netflix shows, and everything loaded in a breeze with no noticeable slowdown. Featuring AMD’s new Ryzen 3000 C-Series mobile processor (specifically designed with Chromebooks in mind) this Acer Chromebook looks to boast significant performance gains on its predecessors.Īcer sent me over a sample to have a closer look, although the company did stress that I’m not allowed to conduct any benchmark tests since this is just a marketing model that won’t reflect the true performance of the final product. The Acer Chromebook Spin 514 (2021) seems to be a leading example that those times are behind us. They were a poor substitute for a proper Windows laptop with sluggish processing speeds and clunky designs that were a handicap on productivity. There used to be a time, not too long ago, that I’d groan if handed a Chromebook. The Chromebook will have a starting price of £499/$479.99, although that price will inflate once you start to upgrade the specs. The Acer Chromebook Spin 514 will launch in February for the US and in March for the UK. ![]() Acer Chromebook Spin 514 (2021) release date and price ![]() So check out my hands-on below, as well as everything else you need to know about the Acer Chromebook Spin 514 (2021). This is one of the first Chromebooks of the year flaunting the new Ryzen 3000 C-Series mobile processors, as AMD hopes to propel the performance level of Chromebooks to a standard competitive with ultrabooks twice as expensive.Īcer kindly sent me a ‘marketing sample’ of the Chromebook Spin 514 (2021) to check out and, while my time with the laptop was limited and I was unable to conduct any benchmark tests, I was still able to mess around with it enough to form some initial impressions. ![]() The Acer Chromebook Spin 514 (2021) was announced at CES 2021, and while it’s hardly going to steal the spotlight from robots and self-driving cars, it’s still a very fascinating device in the laptop world.
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