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one thing I love about the Chromebook
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market right now is the fact that we're
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seeing so many variations of different
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devices so this is the Acer Chromebook
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seven one five and when we saw this
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device in New York City alongside this
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seven one four which we've already
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reviewed in depth it just kind of felt
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like a bigger version of the 714 and
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it's got a number pad and stuff like
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that on it but the price tags for these
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particular Chromebooks that were kind of
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geared towards enterprise use and never
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really felt competitive at all and
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honestly just kind of got dismissed but
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because it were in that time now where
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we're seeing all sorts of variations on
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these existing Chromebooks we're eating
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to the point where we have a lot of
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variations that are worth considering if
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you're looking at buying a Chromebook
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and this is one of those and until we
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saw this particular device in this
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particular model I honestly was kind of
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disinterested and now I've become pretty
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interested and I think you might be too
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so let's check out why
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on voxcom forward slash Nord VPN as I
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said there in the open this is not that
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different from the Chromebook 714 the
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internal specs are a lot the same the
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ports are the same the speaker sets the
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same the screens are kind of the same
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trackpad keyboards all that kind of
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stuff it's just a bigger version of it
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so it's a 15.6 inch full HD screen it
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does have the number pad on the side
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which is kind of a unique feature for a
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handful of Chromebooks at this point now
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and this particular model drops the
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fingerprint scanner and so we're gonna
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talk about a little bit of those things
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and why it is now that this Chromebook
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is actually something that's pretty
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intriguing because ultimately this is a
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Chromebook that starts at around 8 or
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900 dollars if you get the version that
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we initially saw when we were in New
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York so we're talking Core i5 eight gigs
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of RAM I think 64 128 gigs of storage
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that kind of stuff fingerprint scanner
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backlit keyboard that although all the
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bells and whistles that you could think
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of right now in Chromebooks and this
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particular version of this device kind
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of leaves out a handful of those things
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so let's talk through some of the things
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that are left out on this particular one
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first up is the fingerprint scanner I
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miss it it's one of the things when I
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reviewed the 7:14 I said was one of my
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favorite things about that Chromebook
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and I would love to see it on here but
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again we're gonna get to the price here
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in just a second you're gonna kind of
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understand why they made some of these
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sacrifices with this model but this one
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does not come don't you know don't think
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that just because you're getting a 715
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that you're getting a fingerprint
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scanner this one most definitely does
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not have a fingerprint scanner on it
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secondly and perhaps most oddly this one
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doesn't have backlit keys and the reason
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I say it's odd it's not because they're
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not on there it's because I think this
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Chromebook thinks it has them there's a
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sticker actually on the bottom of it
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here that says backlit keyboard and
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actually when you do the backlit
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keyboard shortcut on here the thing pops
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up at the bottom where it shows you
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adjusting the backlit keys but trust me
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this doesn't have a backlit keyboard on
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it we reached out to Acer they were
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supposed to try to get the listing fixed
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on walmart.com which is where this one
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is available and so far we have not seen
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that so if you're out shopping it still
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says it has backlit
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it doesn't have backlit keys but that
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doesn't take away from the fact that
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it's a good keyboard it's solid the keys
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feel clicky and have enjoyed typing on
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it just fine and the number pads nice
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anytime you got to enter members it's
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nice to have it over there especially if
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you're used to using one but it does
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drop the backlit keyboard and that's
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kind of a bummer and those are two
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legitimate omissions on this device I
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mean if you're expecting to get a
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fingerprint scanner and backlit keys and
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you don't that's kind of a letdown but
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if you know that going in the rest of
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this device is all exactly the same as
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all the other variations matter of fact
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this one comes with a core i3 processor
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so it's an eighth gen Core i3 so
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performance is not an issue whatsoever
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it's on the same level as the dell
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inspiron and the Acer Chromebook 714
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that we reviewed before so no
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performance issues it does come with
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four gigs of RAM I'm back and forth on
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four gig of ram machines it's it's okay
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I do wish I had eight but this one has
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four but it also comes with 128 gigs of
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internal storage which is pretty awesome
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there's not a whole lot of devices on
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the market with that much internal
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storage and you know you have a micro sd
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card on there as well and we talked
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about ports and all that kind of stuff
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and speakers and everything in that
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other review again it's linked in the in
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the description down there you can go
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check it out if you want a more in-depth
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review here but in general we're talking
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all aluminum full HD touchscreen it's
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it's anti-glare great keyboard a number
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pad a fully glass trackpad and just a
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good user experience honestly when you
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pick this thing up and go to use it as a
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Chromebook and we've saved the best part
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for last this device we purchased at
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Walmart for $300 so $299 technically
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plus tax right now as we're filming this
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it went up to $350 but even at that
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price I will tell you this is the best
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15-inch Chromebook if you're looking for
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a large Chromebook with a bigger screen
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this is the best experience I've had on
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a 15-inch Chromebook for the price now
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we've messed with the lenovo chromebook
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so that the the yoga of c 630 chromebook
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both in the full HD and 4k variants i
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would say overall those are a little bit
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better quality Chromebooks i like them a
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little bit better not a ton better a
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little bit better but they're also twice
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the price i mean right now the 1080p
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version of the lenovo is on sale for
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almost twice of what this one cost us
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and if you get into the 4k when you're
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up in the seven $800
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so when I say for the money there's
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nothing you combine the 300 to 350
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dollar range it's gonna give you
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everything we're talking about here and
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again a Hall aluminum Full HD
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touchscreen anti-glare glass trackpad
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great keyboard huge internal drive very
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fast processor you just not going to get
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that at this kind of price and so that's
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why I said earlier at its initial price
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and offering I wasn't too interested in
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it but now at this price with this
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particular configuration I've just
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enjoyed using this Chromebook and I
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think a lot of you out there will as
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well especially if you're looking for
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something that's not going to break the
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bank and you can get a lot of bang for
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your buck this is one that you might
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really want to consider and again right
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now it's at walmart.com we'll have the
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link in the description so you can go
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check it out but guys that's been it for
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