The 514 is quick to start up with a flip of its lid and connects to Wi-Fi fast. It's really lightweight also at just under 3 pounds. I know that's not a lot of time, but still, the metal lid didn't show any signs of wear and the rest of the chassis held up fine, too. I commuted with it for a couple of weeks, using it on my train rides and at coffee shops. The body on this version of the Chromebook 514 might not be built to mil-spec standards, but it didn't seem flimsy either.
And even when it does run low, the 514 refills quickly. While I was using it, even when I thought I was about to run out of power, the meter always seemed confident I had a couple of hours of charge left in the tank. It ran for 18 hours, 30 minutes on our streaming video battery drain test. And because it was made for Chromebooks, it's particularly efficient. Unless you're a power user or planning to do some serious gaming beyond Android apps, the Kompanio 828 should be sufficient. There are USB-C ports on the left and right so you can charge from either side. It trails chips like the AMD Ryzen 3500C and Intel Core i3-1115G4, though. Going by my benchmark testing, it handles processing tasks faster than a Celeron or Pentium processor or even the Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c compute platform. The price is similar to that of a newer Intel Celeron-based Chromebook but with better performance and killer battery life. What's great about the Kompanio 828 system-on-a-chip is that it's a mid-range option specifically designed for Chromebooks. It doesn't seem to be available yet in the UK or Australia but the price converts to around £305 and AU$540. In its defense, the CB514-2H/T does start at $400. It would've been nice if Acer could've kept at least a couple of the Intel model's better features (I feel like keeping the HDMI out and microSD card slot aren't big asks).
The price starts at $680.īut the Chromebook 514 CB514-2H/T trades the Intel processors for Mediatek's Arm-based Kompanio 828 system-on-a-chip and cuts pretty much all the premium features, though it does still have a comfortable backlit keyboard and a smooth Gorilla Glass touchpad. They also have premium features like a full-HD webcam with a privacy shutter a fingerprint reader two Thunderbolt 4 USB-C ports an HDMI output a microSD card slot SSD storage and mil-spec construction. If you can spend a bit more, the more-expensive CB514-1W models have 11th-gen Intel Core i3 or i5 processors.
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