Acer Chromebook R 13

By Nick Mediati

There’s something freeing about having a notebook with ridiculously long battery life. Sure, notebooks with battery life in the 8- to 10-hour range are pretty common these days, but when a laptop can manage upwards of 12 hours on a single charge, well, that’s still a rather impressive feat.

So it is with the Acer Chromebook R 13. This Chromebook promises up to a full 12 hours of battery life — and actually delivers. Although performance is a mixed bag, the Acer Chromebook R 13 is one machine that can get you through a full day or a long flight.

Price, availability and value

Acer sells Chromebook R 13 models starting at $399 (£399, about AU$520), but the model provided to TechRadar for review retails for $429. The only significant difference between the two models is that the base models come with only 32GB of solid-state storage, as compared to the 64GB on the $429 model.

Acer currently offers only one model of the Chromebook R 13 in the UK, which is different from the model we received for review. The R 13 is currently not available through Acer’s Australian website.

By comparison, at $449, the convertible Samsung Chromebook Pro is a …read more

Source:: techradar.com – PC and Mac