Much faster than yesteryear’s Chromebook on just about any task. Spacious screen and keyboard. Plenty rugged. No touchscreen. Catastrophic failure of my initial test unit raises at least one eyebrow.
Acer let us play around on a preproduction version of its $649.99 Chromebook 516 GE, a laptop that’s easy to mistake for a high-end gaming laptop with its 16-inch, 16:10 aspect ratio QHD display and ...