This "Chromebook" Has An Identity Crisis! By Sypnotix

Your is a Chromebook that you've probably never seen own in the real world before it runs Google's laptop operating system, which we love but doesn't have a keyboard to call its own. This is the Acer Chromebook Tab 10, and it is the strangest Chromebook I have ever owned so right off the bat this Chromebook, yes I'm, giving air quotes right now gives your eyes a nine point. Seven inch range of real estate to look at the tab.10 has good resolution, will be better than quad HD display it's a nice and sharp display, and if you're a queen of iPads, this fulfils like a familiar size to you. The thing is I like the sharpness and color reproduction here, but I can't help but feel like something was off here, and I'll touch on that a little more later. But before we go any further I think I should tell you how I'm using this abnormal laptop air quotes again. I have this keyboard list Chromebook paired with this semi old Logitech keys to go Bluetooth keyboard.

It was pretty well together as a combination and I can effectively get some work done when I'm, not distracted by spider-man or YouTube videos. This tab 10 has also allowed me to use it, as is basically two completely different, OSS, okay, not really, but it sure felt like it. Let me explain so as a filming of this video, the stable Channel and the official build of Chrome OS looks something like this: we've gotten quite used to this layout many design and flow for Chromebooks we've used this year, but seeing as this is a Chromebook that wants to work specifically as a tablet, we totally had to throw Chrome OS 70 onto it in the beta Channel. Now, for those of you out of the loop of Chrome updates version, 70 is an upcoming update that just reached the beta channel, which completely overhauls Chrome OS is UI. It is supposed to bring Chrome OS further along to the tablet space by making it more touch friendly with all the Android apps coming out.

This is totally acceptable. There are more gesture based navigating that you're used to on your smartphones or tablets such as swiping up for menus and swiping, left and right to close apps. This is where the tap 10 really has a chance to shine, or at least it showed me signs of viability, I'll cut to the chase. I, don't think the tap 10 is a good product. Chrome OS should absolutely not be a standalone slab.

You can have a detachable keyboard, but it absolutely cannot function as a solo screen. The less chess isn't meant to operate like that, or at least it currently isn't. Version 70, however, changes the game for the tap 10 multitasking by having drag-and-drop split-screen control makes this feel more like an iPad or a Samsung Android tablet, and that's a good thing for the tap 10 I. Don't know, though, if it's a good thing for Chrome OS, that's a different video discussion anyway. This Chromebook has all the goodies.

If you're into experimenting. Not only can you try out the tablet friendly version 70 on well a tablet. You also have full Linux integration ready to go in the stable channel. What this means is that the Tab 10 honestly feels more like a developer's toy than something you and I would use and say schoolwork. This is built of a plastic body meant for young students to abuse its cheap feeling, but the ridges on the back help of the grip I, actually don't dislike it a front panel creaks, and you definitely would not classify this as a premium tablet, but it has USB-C and dual speakers, one on each side, a landscape mode.

It's its very peculiar built. There is also an included stylus that can be stored into the body. It isn't an S Pen, and it isn't even the best embody stylus on a chrome, OS device. That honor goes to the Chromebook plus and pro, but it's there, and it's a nice thing that it can be stored inside the body. It can't be shoved in the wrong way either.

For those of you wondering the pressure, sensitivity and input lag is nothing you would address as major selling points for this device. It's good enough because it's an option for note-taking and quick sketches, which is good for students, or this thing was intended for it, but it doesn't have a keyboard. I, just can't get over the fact and I can't understand how this thing is supposed to work for students is the education system so keen on feeding kids with iPads and touch base interfaces nowadays that we want to completely remove typing as a curriculum, because the tap time without a typing mechanism is just not effective, running Chrome OS, it really is it look. The processor in here is decent, it's more than enough for not only kids, which is about anyone browsing the web and using the majority of Android apps. Yes, it's the open one processor we've seen on Chromebooks like the C 101 PA and the Samsung, plus it's good for this price range.

It really is I can't complain about the speed or the performance, because it is perfectly acceptable. I've, experienced far worse for far more in my days on Chrome OS. This ARM processor is good bang for the sighs, speaking of which battery life and charging is a bit strange to me. The tap ten really wants you to think of it as a tablet, instead of a Chromebook from what I can gather. Yet it looks like a tablet, but it charges like a laptop.

That's what we're dealing with here. You have to use a charging brick with more wants than a typical cell phone or tablet brick. It only has a 4,500 million power battery launched inside, but it provides a perfect life I'm, putting in a solid 12 to 14 hours of battery life of my unique usage. It is the best battery life on any tablet or laptop I've used to date. Furthermore, it also doesn't have to waste power on a keyboard, so it's kind of unfair to add laptops into that category, but hey weird device.

All in all, I can't honestly recommend the tab 10 even for private school use seriously. I, don't understand how schools use them for nearly $350. If you treat the top ten as a tablet, you can get an iPad or a tab as to which are much better tablets. If you treat it as a Chromebook, there are much better experiences. I haven't even brought up the more expensive.

Of course, HP Chromebook x2, which has a tablet like body and attaches from a keyboard, will have a trackpad. That's the form of sure that Chromebook should take Chrome OS needs to be more touch friendly for Android. Yes, that's true, but that doesn't mean : I should abandon what makes Chromebooks so great. It's a quick and fluid browser-based operating system, and it's at its best for the keyboard proprietary keyboard. If you liked this video be sure to LIKE comment and subscribe, also hit the bell button below so that you don't miss a single video in the future.

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