{"id":11548,"date":"2024-06-21T04:20:48","date_gmt":"2024-06-21T04:20:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topat10.com\/?p=11548"},"modified":"2024-06-21T04:20:48","modified_gmt":"2024-06-21T04:20:48","slug":"acer-chromebook-plus-spin-714-review-a-premium-chromebook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topat10.com\/?p=11548","title":{"rendered":"Acer Chromebook Plus Spin 714 Review: A Premium Chromebook"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Google’s Chrome operating<\/span> system is officially on the AI bandwagon<\/a>, and Chromebook manufacturers marked the occasion with a new batch of laptops<\/a>. One of the latest is the Acer Chromebook Plus Spin 714, which aims for a premium laptop experience without a premium (by laptop standards<\/a>) price. But at $699, it\u2019s still well above the budget niche<\/a> that Chromebooks have traditionally occupied.<\/p>\n

The Chromebook Plus Spin 714 is an update to Acer\u2019s previous non-Plus Spin 714 (which is still available) and inherits a lot from its predecessor. The overall look and feel of the laptop are the same, which is a good thing. The biggest difference with the Chromebook Plus Spin 714 (CP714-1H-54UB) model Acer provided for this review is the upgrade to the newer Intel Core Ultra 5 115U processor, which is just as zippy as the Core i5-1335U chip found in the previous generation.<\/p>\n

You get 8 GB of RAM to handle your tasks, and storage is backed by a 256-GB NVMe solid-state drive, which is fast enough that you\u2019ll never have to worry about the laptop slowing down when shuttling files around. Altogether, this makes for a combination of hardware that easily handles the lightweight ChromeOS operating system\u2014though you may find the storage a little claustrophobic if you work with a lot of photos and videos.<\/p>\n

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Where this hardware shines is with the new artificial intelligence tools<\/a> built into ChromeOS. The Chromebook Plus Spin 714 easily handled Google Photos\u2019 Magic Editor, allowing me to erase, resize, and move objects in photos within seconds. The same goes for the new generative AI features for wallpaper and video call backgrounds. Just enter a prompt with some prebaked parameters and ChromeOS creates a high-resolution image for you to use in either situation. I don’t know how useful the video backgrounds are beyond the initial novelty, but I can see myself frequently using the wallpaper generator.<\/p>\n

None of these features operate super quickly on this Spin 714, but you only have to wait a handful of seconds; it’s not painful. We\u2019re still a ways off from instant gratification with AI processing, especially in a $699 laptop, but I never felt like the Chromebook Plus Spin 714 was struggling to keep up.<\/p>\n

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