Samsung vs Acer, which is the best for Chromebook?

[PlanetMyHero]

Samsung and Acer are 2 best laptop brands right now (based on Best Laptop Brands)
Both brands have there own Chromebook products with differents hardware and features, I want to buy a new Chromebook so I wonder what brand whould be better? Please give me some suggestion, thanks!

 

[B. Diddy]

I tried a Samsung Chromebook for a while, and I thought it was a nice piece of hardware. Very well-built, nice screen, good battery life. I have heard that the older Acer Chromebooks have poor battery life, but the more recent ones (the C7) have better battery life.

 

[titaniumSS]

I recommend the Samsung simply due to it's superior build quality (Acer just re-purposed their Windows netbook) but Acer is stepping up their internals. Case in point: Acer 11.6" Chromebook 2GB Memory 16GB Solid State Drive C710-2833 - Best Buy

 

[Ry]

Note - the hard drive and RAM can be easily upgraded on the C7.

 

[dkhmwilliams]

The new Acer C720 is better than the Samsung Chromebook. I have both and I can tell you that there is a significant difference in performance especially with video playback. The Acer is a lot better in my opinion. And it is cheaper.

 

[B. Diddy]

Agree. My earlier comment on this thread was well before the C720, which changed the equation.

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[dkhmwilliams]

Oops. I didn't see the date on that post.

 

[CHIP72]

Agree. My earlier comment on this thread was well before the C720, which changed the equation.

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Yup - the Samsung Series 3 was definitely better (at least IMO) than the Acer C7 and Acer 710 due to the latter models' heavy weight and poor battery life. (Not coincidentally, when I bought a chromebook in January 2013 and the Samsung Series 3 and the Acer C7 were the only viable choices, I bought the Series 3.) However, the Acer 720 addressed both of those issues and is now a better purchase than the Samsung Series 3, even at the same price point IMO.

 

[B. Diddy]

I wonder how much difference the octacore Exynos will make in the new Samsung Chromebook. It'll be interesting to see where Chromebook performance plateaus in regard to CPUs, since much of what one does will be dependent on the network connection.

Samsung's new Chromebook brings 125% boost in performance from previous model http://www.androidcentral.com/samsungs-new-chromebook-brings-125-boost-performance-previous-model

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[dkhmwilliams]

I was thinking the same thing. If you are basically running a browser, you shouldn't need a whole lot more horsepower to run it smoothly. I would imagine maybe just upping the CPU to keep up with the increasing screen resolutions. But then I would ask, what is going to be the max with that? At some point, I would think that the screen resolution will be as good as our eyes can detect, which I believe we are just about there now with 1080p. Then do they stop upping the specs?

 

[CHIP72]

I was thinking the same thing. If you are basically running a browser, you shouldn't need a whole lot more horsepower to run it smoothly. I would imagine maybe just upping the CPU to keep up with the increasing screen resolutions. But then I would ask, what is going to be the max with that? At some point, I would think that the screen resolution will be as good as our eyes can detect, which I believe we are just about there now with 1080p. Then do they stop upping the specs?

Addressing your comment from a somewhat different angle, the real key with chromebook processors in the future is enabling them to be good enough to sufficiently power Chrome OS devices in other form factors (i.e. all-touchscreen devices) without adding exorbitant weight and while keeping excellent browser performance. I hope Intel can create a sufficient-powered, non-fan processor that can power a smartphone, or that ARM processor manufacturers can boost their processors' power without adding excessive weight or causing excessive heating (i.e. no fans required).

 

[Algus]

I think that in 2014 and beyond we are going to see more chromebook models that target luxury features, ie more screen resolution, more expensive case designs, and so forth. Who knows though, I thought the Samsung 3 was outstanding until I touched my HP 14 and saw how much the Haswell processor blew it out of the water. Maybe another CPU upgrade will give even better performance. I would expect at some point though that we're going to start hit diminishing returns in terms of battery life and raw performance vs cost.

It'll be interesting to see though. I like the look of both of the new Samsungs and I'm eager to see how the other chromebook vendors respond to them. Competition between these guys means better computers for all of us.

 

[mxwp]

Four years later... the start of 2017 and now it's a toss up between Samsung and Asus... which Chromebook to get?

 

[wubanger]

Horses for courses - what are your requirements and preferences?