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The R13 is a beautiful, well-built machine for a very good price. The overall look is way beyond its pricetag and its performance is plenty for most users. A great screen, keyboard and trackpad round out a very solid offering from Acer. I suspect as Android shows up soon on this device, it will be another top seller in Acer's growing catalog of Chromebooks.
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hey folks Robbie pay with chrome unbox
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coming at you today with a full review
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of the Acer Chromebook r13 the device
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Sports an all aluminum build full HD
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display 360° hinge but its Intrigue
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actually lies elsewhere it could be
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considered the first of a new breed of
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Chromebook built expressly with Android
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apps in mind with a lot of these devices
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coming in the next few months Can Acer
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carve out a space and what looks to
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become a pretty crowded Market more
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importantly is this the Chromebook for
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you let's take a look make no mistake
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the Acer Chromebook R1 13's design feels
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inspired it's made of all aluminum front
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and back inside and out and feels way
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more premium than the 3.99 price tag
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would have you think it's a bit of a
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pixeles design with squarish boxy sides
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and it doesn't really look like anything
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else Acer makes and that's a good thing
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it's not to say that Acer makes ugly
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devices it simply means oems are finally
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starting to pay attention to Chromebooks
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and take design language seriously when
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it comes to building them it's not all
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perfect here but aser has done a nice
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job building a device I like having in
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front of a client solid and smooth no
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weird or sharply cut angles it's
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comfortable to handle it's thin modern
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light and easy to throw in a bag the
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port selection on the r13 is fair lots
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of access with a single USBC a single
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usba a full size SD card and HDMI port
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we also have a standard headphone
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microphone Jack and Kensington Port
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downward and sideward firing speakers
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look and sound really good giving it
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really full sound and pretty much any
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orientation be it tent or tablet mode
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speaking of screen orientations this
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device like many other Chromebooks
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coming soon is a 360° convertible the
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hinge allows for all the customary modes
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laptop stand tent and tablet and Acer's
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done this for some time and ly Nails it
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with the R11 the r13 I tested is a
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little bit wobbly I don't touch the
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screen that much in laptop mode so it
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didn't really bother me and honestly it
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could have just been a one-off issue
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every device that we see out there may
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not have the same wobbly hinge given how
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well the r1's hinge operates I'm
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inclined to think that's the case the
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screen itself is quite good decently
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bright viewing angles are pretty good
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for a device in this price range and its
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glossy display being touched is going to
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pick up a lot of fingerprints so have
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something close to Wi it off outdoor
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viewing is possible but indoors is where
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you're going to get the best experience
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things stay sharp though a little bit
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small on a screen that has a native
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resolution of 1920 x 1080 for me I'd
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rather have a 1600 by 900 screen or 3200
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x 1800 like the hp13 G1 but that's a
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discussion for another day at 13 in 16x9
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display makes for an awkward tablet mode
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it's kind of large and it's really tall
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when held in portrait mode the iPad Pro
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comes in around 13 in but but its Square
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design makes it feel less unwieldy in
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the hand holding a device this large
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with this orientation in portrait mode
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is just plain awkward I'd also love to
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see Chromebook start getting the bezel
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size down just a little bit for
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convertibles I know we need a little bit
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of bezel but they're kind of large
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overall though the screen performs well
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and really wasn't an issue the trackpad
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was good as well again I had a little
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play in the trackpad similar but not
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nearly as bad as the hp13 G1 that is a
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little tough to explain feels a bit like
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the trackpads hovering just a fraction
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of a millimeter above the actual click
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element so when you go to click there's
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a slight depression before you actually
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click the button it makes it feel almost
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like you're getting a double click as
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you go to actually manually press the
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button and I've seen this before in
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isolated situations with different
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Chromebooks different makers so I'm
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inclined to think that this might not be
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an issue for other R1 13s out there on
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the other hand the surface of the
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trackpad is actually really good it's
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not glass but it still slides around
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very well even after hours of use
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keeping all those oils off and
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delivering gestures and pointer tracking
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like a champ it's one of the better
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trackpads I've navigated with on a
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Chromebook aside from those weird click
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mechanics I really did enjoy using it
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internally we're met with a unique
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processor in the mediatech
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mt8173 this processor is making its
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debut in the r13 and it's holding its
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own getting octane scores of around
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10,000 and handling multiple tabs and
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multiple screens with ease the
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processor's actually been a delight to
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use and it's easy on the battery overall
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I'm pretty impressed with this guy
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let's tackle what we'll call the
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temporary elephant in the room this
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device is built and marketed around
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Android app support and unfortunately as
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of this review it's still not shipping
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with that in the stable Channel granted
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you can go to the beta Channel and
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enable Android app support so we know
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that the support for the Play Store is
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not far out right now though out of the
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box you can't play Cut the Rope or run
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Microsoft Office apps not yet anyway we
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assume support is coming for this very
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very soon and maybe by the time you
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watch this video or read this review it
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will already have made its way to the
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stable Channel and we think maybe the
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delay in Android apps could hurt sales
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of this device for a few weeks but
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really it's probably not going to be
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that big of a deal and most of this
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isn't on Acer anyway they made the
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decision to go ahead and pull the
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trigger and get the device launched even
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though Google seems to be a little bit
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behind on release of Android apps for
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this particular device none of this
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changes the fact that the r13 is well
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built and can still do all of the things
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that Chromebooks have been doing really
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well for years at the end of the day the
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question always becomes should I buy
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this device and the answer to that
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question honestly has never been more
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difficult to give I will say this the
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Acer is well built it's quality it's
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attractive and it's got a good price tag
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it's got a lot of things going for it
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Android app support should be around
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really soon so I have no problem saying
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yeah go ahead and buy this device I
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think you'll be happy with it I think
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you'll enjoy it as long as you're not
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the type of person that is always
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looking at the Horizon and around the
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the corner for what's next and what's
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the newest and what's the latest and
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greatest I think you'll be really happy
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with the Acer
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r13 guys if you like this video give it
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