The Dell Inspirion 15 7000 is a powerful laptop with a long battery life and good video quality, but its small touchpad and lack of backlighting are drawbacks. ..
The Acer Chromebook Spin 311 is a laptop that has a lot of features. It has a Mali-G72 MP3 integrated graphics, 4GB of RAM, and 32GB of storage. It also has a backlit keyboard and a trackpad.
Acer Chromebook Spin 311 review: Design
The Spin 311 is a Chromebook that has thick bezels around the screen, an all-aluminum silver chassis, and a design that is supposed to be both robust and portable. It is the epitome of what a Chromebook should look like. And on those latter two, the Spin 311 is effective. No part of the body, including the keyboard and the hinges, flexes in any way. Gorilla Glass has also been used to protect the screen, so it should be able to endure a few drops. ..
The Spin 311 is a small, compact Chromebook that is marketed as being 2.65 pounds for portability. However, our test unit weighed only 2.3 pounds, which means it would not put undue strain on your back at this size and weight. The Spin 311 is also slightly thicker (0.74 inches vs. 0.66 inches) than the Samsung Chromebook 4.
The Spin 311 is a great Chromebook for occasional use, but it’s not ideal for frequent use because of its small size. ..
Audio
The Spin 311’s bottom-firing dual speakers are effective. The sound has a strong upper midrange tilt and the speakers are undersized. That highlights the dialogue, which is fantastic for films and television programmes. It makes some musical instruments stand out more than others.
The upper midrange of the piano might jolt out of the music in a riffing piano piece, such as Anomalie’s Valours, for instance. The abrupt change in volume can be startling in a composition with such a complex melody. Even so, the speakers function. Even high-end Windows machines struggle to produce sound this loud and clear without distortion, yet the Spin 311 never distorted while it was on our lap. ..
Keyboard and touch pad
The Spin 311 is a budget-friendly laptop that is not as good as high-end laptops, but it is still a great option for typing and work. It has a full-size keyboard, good key definition, and no cramped feeling when typing. The Spin 311 also has none of the fancy equipment like a fingerprint scanner or backlit keyboard, which makes it more affordable than other laptops.
The Chromebook Spin 311 is a great computer because it can withstand misuse. Its keyboard has a reservoir that can contain a full can of liquid without any of it spilling out, which makes it easy to type on.
The touchpad is equally useful. It has a plastic surface that is somewhat reminiscent of glass, is a reasonable size, and lacks the floaty feeling that we want to avoid while looking for a professional laptop. It also has a chunky clicker motion. ..
Acer Chromebook Spin 311 review: Display
Acer Chromebook 311 has a display with a 1,366x768px resolution. This is similar to the displays of laptops from the 1990s and 2000s. ..
The iPhone 6 and 6S have a 720p resolution, but it’s not perfect. Graininess can be seen in close up and it can’t be resolved on an 11.6" screen. However, the task is still accomplished and many people may ignore the resolution because of its price range.
The Vizio E-Series LED TV has some great features, but it is not the brightest screen available. Additionally, color reproduction is still excellent. HD video playback still looks nice despite the reduced resolution. However, when compared to other displays side by side, the blacks aren’t that dark. Additionally, two locations on the right side of the screen have minor light bleed.
Acer Chromebook Spin 311 review: Battery life
The Acer Chromebook Spin 311 has a claimed 10-hour battery life. The claims made about laptop batteries are typically false, but this one is not wholly false. The Spin 311 lasts eight hours and twenty minutes when streaming YouTube at half brightness. If you only need to create papers, you probably won’t want to set the brightness much lower than what we did for this test, but the battery should last a little bit longer. Who, though, works that long hours? ..
The Spin 311 laptop has a USB-C charging feature that allows you to recharge the device quickly and easily. Additionally, the laptop has two USB 3.0 ports, two USB-C ports, a microSD slot, and a headphone socket.
Performance
The Acer Chromebook Spin 311’s keyboard has a very gratifying click and clack sound when you sit down to use it, and it’s surprising how enjoyable typing can be on such a small device. It’s especially good that the touchpad is of the same calibre, being simple, quick, and enjoyable to use. That satisfaction, however, is not matched by what is displayed on the screen; in order to see the photos well, we had to significantly increase the brightness. Inevitably, battery life suffered as a result.
The Acer Chromebook Spin 311’s screen became brighter as a result of the brightness increase, but just in the sense of being lighter and whiter; because colours and contrasts did not follow suit, for instance, it is somewhat taxing on the eyes. It’s enjoyable and useful to use the Acer Chromebook Spin 311’s spin mechanism to transform it from a laptop-like gadget to a tablet-like one, especially when combined with the touch screen.
The Lenovo Yoga Tab S2 is a completely touch-based laptop that you can use as a normal laptop or as a touch tablet on the couch and back again. One interesting but crucial point: the keyboard is deactivated when the screen is completely turned around to be used only as a touchscreen, preventing you from accidently typing and smudging keys into strange google searches as you go.
The Google Home is a great addition to your home or office. It can be used as a speaker, hands-free speaker, or even a monitor. The spin function makes it easy to control various devices in your home or office. The boot time is very fast and the device has a great sound quality.
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The Acer Chromebook Spin 311 is a more expensive, smaller model with less performance and battery life than the Acer Chromebook 314. It was released around the same time, but its differences make it worth considering.
Conclusion
The Acer Chromebook Spin 311 is a lightweight, portable laptop that is small and easy to carry around. The battery life is over sixteen hours. Because it is a 2-in-1 convertible with a 360-degree hinge, you can turn the screen around to use it as a tablet. Unfortunately, the touchpad is very small, and although while the keyboard is comfortable to text on, it doesn’t have backlighting. Although it has an ARM-based SoC, it is not powerful enough to perform intensive workloads like graphic design.
