Budget Laptop: Acer Chromebook R11

Acer Chromebook R11 is a budget laptop that is convertible from clam-shell mode to tablet mode. It is called 2-in-1. It has 360-degree hinge and 11.6-inch touch screen. It also comes in colorful display, long battery life and a keyboard. It's very compact and mobile, it weighs just 3.5 pounds. 

The exterior has a matte finish for easy grip. The display is good for its class at 1080p HD screen. The battery life on the R11 was also fairly impressive, it can get you up to 9 hours battery life on normal usage.

This is a Chrome based laptop so you can't run video games, Photoshop, or other programs that are not browser-based. This laptop is for user who use them for social media (Facebook, Twitter), word processing, Netflix, YouTube, Ebooks, online news, etc.

The R11 is powered with 2GB of RAM and run on an Intel Celeron N3150 processor.

This is a really good convertible Chromebook with good display, great storage at 32GB, touchscreen, and a long battery life.


Acer Convertible Chromebook R11, 11.6-inch HD Touchscreen Notebook, White $279.99 on Amazon

Here are the quick specs of the R11:

• Intel Celeron N3150 1.6 GHz (2 MB Cache)
• Google Chrome OS
• 11.6-inch HD Touchscreen, Intel HD Graphics
• 2GB DDR3L Onboard Memory
• 32GB Internal Storage
• WIFI  802.11ac
• SD card slot
• USB 2.0,  USB 3.0,  HDMI
• size  11.6 x 8.03 x .76 inches
• 2.7 pounds 
• Premium Aluminum Top Cover, Chrome, Up to 10-hour

Dell Inspiron 14z (budget laptop)

Starting Price: $769.99
Processor:     3rd Generation Intel® Core™ i5-3317U processor (3M Cache, up to 2.6 GHz)
Memory:     6GB Shared DDR3 Memory
Hard drive:     Up to 500GB4 SATA hard drive
Chipset:     Mobile Intel® 7 Series Express Chipset (HM77)
Graphics:     Intel HD Graphics 3000
Operating system: Windows 7 Professional SP1, 64-Bit, English
Camera:     Native HD 1.0 MP webcam with digital microphone
Power:     44 WHr Prismatic Battery
Wireless:
    Wi-Fi Bluetooth Options:
    Dell Wireless 1703 802.11n + Bluetooth 4.0
    Intel® Centrino® Wireless-N 2230 + Bluetooth 4.0
Optical Drive:     Onboard tray-loading DVD+/-RW (standard)
Display:     14" High Definition LED Display (1366 x 768) with Truelife
Dimensions (WD)     13.7x9.5 inches
Height     0.8 inch
Screen size (diagonal)     14 inches
System weight / Weight with AC adapter     4.1 pounds / 5.1 pounds
Category     Midsize

Dell Inspiron 14z has a new slim and modern design with a powerful 3rd Generation Intel® Core™ i5 CPU and a good graphics at a very reasonable price.

The keyboard keys are Dell's standard full size chiclet keyboard while the Multi-Touchpad is quite large and with Integrated Gestures. The display is common for budget laptops. Battery life is decent, on full charge it may last 3.5 Hrs.