Acer Gateway Chromebook 311 CBO311-1H-C1MX Laptop | Intel Celeron N4500 | 11.6" HD (1366 x 768) Display | 4GB LPDDR4X | 64GB eMMC | Wi-Fi 5 802.11ac | Chrome OS | Star Black

I am very happy with this laptop! Even though it has only an 11.5” inch screen, it’s very easy to look at for a long period of time. The keys are not too close together, so typing is a breeze. It was very easy to set up. Straight out of the box, you just plug in the charger and then turn on the laptop. Mine had a 96% charge on it already. The set up was so easy following the step-by-step instructions on the screen. It even synced up my bookmarks from my old laptop! It is Bluetooth enabled, which made it very easy to work from my apartment. It has a good weight and seems very sturdy. I like that it is light enough though to carry around in my backpack. It holds a charge well. It’s a very basic laptop, with not a lot of bells and whistles. But that’s all I need. I don’t do any streaming or movie watching on it. Basically I use it for social media, emails, and Amazon. So it’s exactly right for my use! I’m so happy that I got this Chromebook. My old laptop was also a Chromebook, and I never had any issues with it getting any viruses. This is the best Chromebook for the money, in my opinion. Great price on it too!

Great little laptop. The performance seems adequate, the screen is bright and easy to see from an angle. The bezel around the screen is pretty thick, but not bad for the price. Surprisingly the touch pad is really responsive and works great. The computer I received doesn't quite match the description, it is just an Acer, not a Gateway, but it's fine. I am happy with it.

I purchased the Acer Chromebook Spin 311 to use as a bedside entertainment center, so I wanted something that could stream and have quality screen resolution. I liked the idea of a device that I could position with the screen set back (open like a laptop) or set forward (flip it and go triangular, baby!); I also needed a reliable blue tooth as I wear comfy headphones that I can sleep in. I have an extensive music collection that I keep on an external SSD and I absolutely love MediaMonkey because of it's customizable interface on it's Window's app (I assumed the ChromeOS version would be very similar - my first major stumble).First, the positive: The device itself is fantastic. Everything about it feels sturdy, the touchscreen is responsive (though, I will say there are times when I feel I have to hit an app 2 or 3 times to activate). The screen resolution and sound quality are lovely for a device of this size and price - don't go expecting studio quality here, but the streaming was beautiful. The visuals are not pixelated; it's as good as watching on a television (only smaller). Oh, and I will say I love the fact that the USB-C port is on both sides, which makes it easier to plug in on any side (it's the little things).Performance is great, I get no lag and I've had no issues streaming Netflix, Hulu or Disney+. I just realized I haven't tried watching Twitch or Youtube on this. I'll download those apps and if I have any problems with them, I'll update this review and let you know.I have one grouse, and it's kind of a biggie: The apps are terrible. It was so dismaying at first, I did actually contemplate sending the device back. I slept on it and decided I was going to stick it out. In truth, part of my disappointment is that the ChromeOS version of MediaMonkey is disappointing. When it came down to it, I tried a whole slew of music apps and I wound up settling on the music app that annoyed me the least (VLC). Most of the apps have ads that are intrusive, and even the ones I thought about paying for just don't seem worth the value.Even simple apps like an alarm clock or a blue tooth manager: I downloaded several different ones, and I'm continually settling on the app that annoys me the least or seems to be able to handle some of what I would like. I even tried to find a power button app because I just wanted to turn off the computer with a single, on screen button push - despite over a dozen apps that claimed to do this, all of them performed poorly and one you had to close out an ad before it would turn off (really?!?).In choosing whether or not to keep it, I had to weigh the solid build and reliable performance against an operating system that was under par for Windows or Mac.That said, I'm very glad I kept this little guy. In the end, it's a reliable little entertainment unit and it's wonderful where it counts: It's a great streamer (with a beautiful picture) and it plays music that I love and I can leave it in place and listen on my blue tooth headphones while I wander all over the house. The apps are a shame, but honestly, given the price point here, it's a good deal and I can live with it.

Versatile little laptop that works everywhere I need it to. Speed, power, and ease of set up are all good for the price.

I needed a simple laptop and this definitely gets the job done. It’s light weight and easy to you. I highly recommend for someone whom does not need a fancy computer but one you can pick up and go easily

[Update 6/26/2022 to lower rating to 1 star]:I have been using this for 13 months now. The Chromebook still consistentlyrestarts by itself every few days after I close the lid to put it in sleep mode, thus wasting time booting up when I try to continue reading the next day. Chrome OS has forced automatic updates which I didn't think too much of before, but the last 2 updates broke compatibility with the SD card in all apps. This includes Google's official "Files" app from the Play store, published by Google themselves, the same company who makes the operating system. This has wasted 4 or 5 frusting hours at night when I want to kick back and relax by reading a bit since I have to debug why I can't get any apps to read from my SD card even though it was working perfectly fine the previous day before the Chromebook restarted by itself and updated itself even though I don't want it to. I am currently trying to debug the SD card not working for the second time this month now and I am just tired of this garbage. If you just want a Chromebook to browse the web, this is good. But try to use it for anything else or try to use an SD card with it, and I do not recommend trying this. Stick with an Android tablet from a good brand or an iPad. It is a shame because the hardware from Acer seems good, but the operating system is just garbage and there is no way I can give this anything higher than 1/5 when it can't even do the most basic of tasks to just open image files from a SD card.[Original review for 3 stars]:I only bought this to mainly use as a tablet for reading. I download a lot of content for offline reading so I use a SD card, but the chromebook seems to have issues when leaving the SD card in it. When I wake it from sleep, it will show a warning saying I shouldn't remove the SD card without safely ejecting it first, but the SD card is still inserted and was never removed (I live alone so noone else would have touched it). No data can be read from the SD card at this point and I have to take it out and put it back in. I thought it was a bad SD card at first and tried another SD card but it had the same issue. After some googling it turns out other people had the same issue. This makes using this chromebook a lot more annoying since I have to remove and reinsert the SD card every time I want to use it.The chromebook also randomly reboots when I open it up, although it happens pretty rarely (maybe once or twice a month). The battery percent is still always higher than 30% after booting up, so it didn't run out of battery. I assume this might be related to leaving the SD card inserted, but I don't want to take out the card since micro SD cards are very easy to lose.Overall using the chromebook is good - things load pretty fast and the touchscreen isn't super responsive but is fine for the price point. However, I bought this purely for using with a SD card so these issues make it much more annoying for me to use.