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Touchscreen Chromebooks - Acer C720p and the Lenovo N20p

We have been considering using some touchscreen Chromebooks in school and have just go two contenders in today - the Acer C720P and the Lenovo N20p.

 A brief video tour of both devices: 

Touch is particularly nice when used with apps such as Google Earth and Realtime Board. So we are looking at it from the point of view being of writing equations on the screen and multiple users being able to interact with them.

 Some key strengths and weaknesses of both devices:

Acer C720P


The good
The could be better

Fast - Octane score ~11500 mark
Does not do any folding tricks!

Relatively cheap - only about £20 more than the non touch version now.
Power connector looks fragile.

Smooth and responsive touchscreen
Keyboard not the best.

Decent if not exceptional screen



Lenovo N20p


The Good
The could be better
Does neet foldering tricks - so three ways you can use it.
Not as fast as the Acer - Octane ~6700. However, it has 4Gb of RAM as opposed to the 2Gb of the Acer.
A number of touch optimisations built in - so on screen keyboard, app switcher button and auto screen rotation.
Touchscreen is not as smooth as the Acer.
Sturdy power connector
How rugged will it be in ‘tent’ mode?
Feels quite solid.



 So these devices will be tested in school next week and we will see which it any people like.
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