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After years of using laptops, it took me a little while to get used to the fact that this chromebook was not a laptop...instead, it reminded me of my android phone. I quickly got used to it. This is a very lightweight machine that utilizes apps and a chrome os for productivity and recreation. It also can use the google app store for all kinds of apps you may have been using on your android phone. This itself is a great improvement to syncing every application on your phone with the ability to utilize the same on chromebook. This Acer chromebook opens immediately with the lift of the screen. No more waiting around for the bootup from a Windows os, although I must say my I7 eighth generation Win 10 is also very fast. But this chromebook is special if you remember it is not designed to do all of Win 10’s and its programs gyrations. It is a browser primarily that allows you to interact and communicate. The screen is crisp, and there are keys that allow you to brighten and dim it with a press. Same is true for sound. The keyboard itself is easy to use in terms of comfort and response. I have seen some reviews for other chromebooks that are critical of the keyboard. Not so on this device. You should have no problem typing your docs, as this keyboard is as good as that found on my large laptop. My chromebook is in white with a black keyboard, and weighs about 2 pounds. So far battery life has been near the 10 hours advertised, but it would not surprise if that went down as we get older. Storage capacity has not been a problem, and as indicated this machine shows no problems with speedy on/off, and access to apps,etc. I just cannot fault it for any incidental or substantial problem. But for anyone switching from Win os to Chrome os, it is not the same, and the same expectations should not be in place. It took a little while for me to recognize the differences in this machine, but once I did, the whole dimension of what was being offered was realized. This Chromebook makes portability and simplicity the heart of computing. So it is an easy-to -use machine, that still has Bluetooth, camera, two speakers, two microphones, two usb ports, that makes communication and interaction at once easy and simple.