Acer C720 Chromebook review: Specs of the Acer C720 Chromebook includes a dual-core Intel Celereon 295UU and HD graphics. It also has an affordable $199 price tag and it’s describe by one reviewer as “cheap, powerful and well made.”

The Acer C720 is powered by a dual-core Intel Celeron 295UU with a clock speed of 1.4GHz. It has 2GB of RAM and it’s one of the quickest Chromebooks around, according to tests made by Expert Reviews and also from tests done by other reviewers. It boots in seconds and runs the apps running on it.

The 11.6-inch display of the Acer C720 has a native resolution of 1,366 x 78 and is powered by Intel HD graphics. Memory of the graphics is at 128MB and graphics and video ports for the lightweight unit is at HDMI. Acer C720 comes with In terms of storage it comes with 16GB of Solid State Drive and but users get 100GB of Google Drive free when they purchase the unit. Prospective users can add an additional $50 to get the 32GB variant.

A major feature of the Acer C720 is the Chrome OS. The unit will allow you to install programs from the Chrome Web Store and Chromebooks are very ideal for those who spend a lot of their computing time on browsers, sending emails and are content with using Google services to write documents and create spreadsheets.

Expert Reviews noted that Chrome OS is simple and easy to use. In order to get the most out of it though, one needs to be connected all the time. Documents and media created via a Chromebook is mostly stored in the cloud.

Google Drive documents are all synchronized to Chromebooks and users can create and edit existing word processing documents offline. Spreadsheets are seemingly less flexible, but Gmail is also available offline.

The Acer C720 doesn’t have all of what you want in a laptop, but it’s definitely a no-frills machine that can get you online easily and make you productive.