acerChromebook Plus 514 Laptop with Google AI – 14" Full HD 1920 x 1080 IPS Touch Display | Intel Core i3-N305 | 8GB LPDDR5 | 128GB SSD | Wi-Fi 6E | FHD Camera | Chrome OS | CB514-4HT-375Z

I bought this for my mom, she hasn't had a laptop in a while and she found it super easy to use. The quality is sturdy but lightweight. The screen extends to 180° and it's touchscreen! she makes fun of my Macbook for not having that ability.The battery lasts a long time. Honestly a great performance for the price. It's great for watching movies, listening to music it has really decent speakers. She's been using it for Meet calls and she loves it and general social media and web surfing. 10/10 so far, it's been almost 2 months since she got it.

I decided to ditch Windows since my Windows10 HP is barely functioning. I was hoping to wait until closer to the October 2025 deadline, but then I saw this Chromebook about a month ago. The price was right and I was tired of waiting half a day for updates to finish installing on my laptop. It was my intention to replace my laptop with a Chromebook, since I was already familiar with the OS. It suits my needs perfectly. It is so much faster and lighter than my laptop was. It is fast and I like the size. The sound is really good for everyday functions. The speakers are on top, on either side of the keyboard, rather than underneath the case. I like how the keyboard feels. It seems like good quality to me. The keys are tight and precise, but not backlit (which wasn't something I needed). I like having the touchscreen for ease of use. The only thing some people might have a problem with is the air vents are on the bottom, so if you're using it on your lap, you'll feel it heat up. It isn't hot, but it's something to be mindful of to prevent overheating. The screen is clear. It's very easy to use this Chromebook, especially if you already have a Google account. Setup was quick and easy. I ordered a wired keypad, since that is something I've grown used to using over the years. I haven't found the adjustment to be troublesome, so I haven't actually used the portable keypad that often. Overall, I am very pleased with my purchase and would recommend this product. This is my first Acer product. After setting up the chromebook, the Acer registration process was simple and took about five minutes to complete. This Chromebook starts fast. Updates take less than a minute. Everything I need is at my fingertips. It works with my wireless printer, which also took about five minutes to set up. I really don't have any complaints, but I was upgrading from a 2018 laptop, so other people may not share my experience if they have newer equipment to compare this to. I consistently have a lot of tabs open at the same time. I stream videos and often switch back and forth between tabs and apps. I use wireless earbuds with this as well. Quick and easy setup, perfect functionality. My Favorite Thing: The camera privacy slide. I know it's a small thing. But it was one of the first things that put this in my list of Chromebooks. I ultimately chose this one based on price. It offered everything I was looking for except for a built-in keypad. That was a small concession to make in order to save at least a hundred dollars.

Very nice laptop computer, touchscreen, great graphics and sound. Unfortunately, there isn't any backlighting to the keyboard, nor can this laptop screen be flipped over. Lastly, I was a little disappointed in the relatively short battery life of only about 2 hours or so.

This is my 2nd Chromebook, I purchased this one to replace my old one which quit working after I dropped it, if that didn't happen, it would still be working. This one arrived in perfect condition and I charged it up before using it for the first time. Like magic, I logged into my Google account, and everything loaded right onto this new laptop, I didn't have to do a thing, very easy to set up. The only thing that didn't automatically sync with the new chromebook, were my downloads. I believe I need to take some extra steps to retrieve them because the old one has a black screen due to the drop. It turns on, but I can't view anything, so it may not be possible to retrieve them at all. It picked up my printer automatically and works well with my Brother laser printer, no connectivity issues there.So far, this new Chromebook is working great. I like the clarity of the screen, I know some have mentioned issues with it, but for what I am using it for, mostly just surfing the web, not gaming, it is perfectly fine. The only thing that I would consider to be subpar, would be the volume, it is not as loud as my old CB. I purchased another one because I really did love everything about my old one and never had any issues with it. I usually have a LOT of tabs open, I know that's not a good thing lol, but it handles it very well, never had any issues with it crashing. I will probably purchase the warranty on it within the next 30 days just in case. If I have any issues with this new one, I will come back and update.

I have owned other Chromebooks in the past and have been pleased with the line in general. This Acer Chromebook has some really nice features like a large screen and good sound quality. Thus far I have found it to be reliable and to boot up quickly. If you are used to using a Windows computer or a Mac, you will find that the interface is a little different as the operating system is distinctly Google. That said, I use this Chromebook for my work. I do a lot of video conferencing and the camera quality has been solid. I know some other commenters have mentioned that the keyboard is not backlit. That is not an issue for me and has not impeded my ability to use the system. My one critique would be that the battery life is a little less than some other Chromebooks that I've owned. Overall, it's a quality device fast and very user friendly.

The Chromebook was easy to set up, but the Google AI Pro perk (12-months of free) does not work as advertised. After setup, the user clicks “get perk” and then is prompted to check eligibility. For the first few hours nothing happened after clicking. Later it took me to a chrome page that had “device not eligible” in the url with a blank screen that said “sorry about that”. Amazon customer service could not help and told me to contact Acer. Acer customer service wasted 15 minutes of my time before telling me I would have to contact Google. Google customer service was fully automated (impossible to get to a person) and hung up on me. I finally got the free trial after the negative review was posted. Definitely not a straightforward process.