I've got an Acer R11. Reasons for selection include:
1. Flip it completely open and use it as a tablet. Unfortunately, at around 1kg in weight, it doesn't quite work as well as a regular tablet, and I haven't used that mode much.
2. Early support for Android apps. This works OK.
3. Decent keyboard. It is close enough to full-sized that I've got decent speed on it. I really miss caps-lock though.
4. Low weight (for a laptop) and good battery life.
5. 4GB RAM and decent processor (for a Chromebook). Lots of Chromebooks may only have 2GB.
6. SD Card slot.
Downsides:
1. 1366x768 screen. It doesn't bother me in practice, but I'd have preferred full HD.
2. Dual-core processor. At the time I bought it, Acer had quad-cores with 2GB of RAM, or dual-cores with 4GB RAM, and I opted for the latter. I've more recently seen them selling with quad cores, 4GB RAM, and 32GB internal storage.
I'm not super picky about the touchpad and scrolling, though I'm sure it is not as smooth as other devices. I do bump the touchpad with my palms enough that I've needed to disable tap-to-click though.
1. Flip it completely open and use it as a tablet. Unfortunately, at around 1kg in weight, it doesn't quite work as well as a regular tablet, and I haven't used that mode much.
2. Early support for Android apps. This works OK.
3. Decent keyboard. It is close enough to full-sized that I've got decent speed on it. I really miss caps-lock though.
4. Low weight (for a laptop) and good battery life.
5. 4GB RAM and decent processor (for a Chromebook). Lots of Chromebooks may only have 2GB.
6. SD Card slot.
Downsides:
1. 1366x768 screen. It doesn't bother me in practice, but I'd have preferred full HD.
2. Dual-core processor. At the time I bought it, Acer had quad-cores with 2GB of RAM, or dual-cores with 4GB RAM, and I opted for the latter. I've more recently seen them selling with quad cores, 4GB RAM, and 32GB internal storage.
I'm not super picky about the touchpad and scrolling, though I'm sure it is not as smooth as other devices. I do bump the touchpad with my palms enough that I've needed to disable tap-to-click though.