Nexus 7 (2nd Gen) vs Acer C7 Chromebook

[Kazam24a]

Hello All,
The title pretty much sums it up. I am looking to get either a Nexus 7 or a Acer C7 and wondering if anyone has any suggestions for which to get. I currently already have a Samsung Galaxy S3 and a BlackBerry Playbook so i am not sure a tablet is all that necessary and am intrigued at the idea of a cloud based laptop.

 

[Ribs85]

Nexus 7.

 

[seamonky]

nexus 7. I too used to have a playbook and the n7 blew me away in comparison.

 

[Algus]

I love Chrome OS and can't recommend it enough but my chromebook is very much a backup for my Nexus 7 that has me covered in a couple areas the N7 falls short in.

Make sure you're rock solid on your tablet first IMO. If you're happy with what you have, a chromebook could be worth it. If you're not...well the N7 is one of the best devices out there.

Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 4

 

[YAYTech]

Chromebooks and Android tablets meet different needs. What are your needs?

 

[Kazam24a]

Got myself a Nexus 7 after... so far loving it

 

[ArmisLt]

Where did you get it?
I'm thinking of either buying it from bestbuy open box for 218$ for open box 32gb, or newegg for 229$ 16gb and get a free gift.
What do you think I should do?

 

[Snake Griffin]

Only get a Chrome book over the nexus if you need a keyboard. My wife has the samsung chrome book and it's nice but not as useful as the nexus IMO.

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[YAYTech]

Only get a Chrome book over the nexus if you need a keyboard. My wife has the samsung chrome book and it's nice but not as useful as the nexus IMO.

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There's really more to it than that. You can get a bluetooth keyboard for Android, and a case that holds both. It won't be as nice & sleek as the Chromebook, but will provide similar function. The issue is that the two platforms offer vastly different software & function.

 

[Snake Griffin]

I did oversimplify but if I needed a device with a keyboard the nexus 7 + BT keyboard is not the best option for comfort, etc. What it boils down to is that I think Android is more powerful and useful than chrome OS. Furthermore, compared to the Samsung chrome book (not sure about the Acer) the screen on the nexus is world's better. The nexus is also more portable.

I have a very nice ultra book (really light with an SD, so still portable and boot up from sleep is just as fast as the nexus) and I find myself reaching for the nexus 90% of the time when I need to do something. I had an HP touch pad a while back and find the Nexus 7 to be a much more useful tablet that the touchpad was. It feels better, has a better screen, and is very fast/responsive.

OP: You never said what you would want either of these device for? Just general use, anything more?

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[Eaton Scrapple]

I have an older Nexus 7 and older Chromebook (Acer). The two devices are actually complementary. The browser on the Chromebook is so good, it hurts. Basically it does all FLASH on the web perfectly. The Nexus 7 has a ton of browsers for Android, and the reason is, certain web pages around only work with one or two browsers, and if you have installed some old FLASH apk as I have, well, some browsers work and some don't. I don't understand how CHROME on the CHROME OS can have the FLASH support built right in, but on the Nexus, it's simply not there. You need to get some other abominable web browser to get to FLASH and it's not even really compatible with Android 4.0 and up any more. Blech. I do have a bluetooth keyboard (Anker model) which works perfectly with the Nexus. However, for any typing more than two lines, I generally throw down the Nexus and grab the Chromebook. The Chromebook has nothing but junk apps, IMHO, which are just glorified links to some web page out there. The cloud support sounds good until you find your home Internet has only 1 Meg upload speed and it takes a week to upload 10 GIG. For travel purposes, I mean a nice auto vacation where you will be shooting lots of photos and using public WiFi a lot, the Nexus is fine during the day of travel but at night when you have a better WIFI connection and you really want to post some pictures to Facebook en masse, the Chromebook does that pretty well. Plus the Chromebook has an HDMI jack and ANYTHING video on the web you desire can be watched successfully on the motel TV, whereas the Nexus might not be able to access it properly because FLASH.

 

[ultravisitor]

I have the Samsung Series 5 Chromebook from 2011. I love it, but it hardly sees use these days, partly due to the fact that I have a Nexus 7. If I know I need a lightweight laptop just for browsing, email, and document creation, then I use the Chromebook. Both of them come with me whenever I travel. However, if you're only going to have either a Chromebook or a Nexus 7, and you need good document editing capabilities and just want to browse otherwise, then go with the Chromebook. Go with the Nexus 7 if you need the Android app ecosystem.

 

[Algus]

One big advantage that a Chromebook has over an Android device is that you get that desktop user agent out of the box without having to root or do any other goofy stuff. I mainly use Dolphin on my Note 3 and N7 for the desktop user agent extension that it offers but it isn't 100% with everything out there. I clearly don't know that much about tech in this area but I don't get user agents and why they are so difficult to work with at all. If I want a desktop browsing experience on my mobile device, why can't I get it?

Oh well, that's what popping out the chromebook is for.

I've used a BT keyboard with my N7 and I wouldn't characterize it as ideal. If you have the newer model and can output to a larger display, I think that would work pretty well. A 7'' screen is just to small to reliably type on for extended periods of time but then I guess I'm showing my age here. If I was younger and my eyes were better, I'd probably be just fine.