There’s just enough of a click in the bottoming action to make the keyboard OK for longer typing sessions, but I’ve used similarly priced Chromebooks with better keyboards. The Chromebook Vero 514’s standard island keyboard with medium-sized black keycaps has good spacing, but the switches are a little loose. The Chromebook Spin 513 is a convertible 2-in-1 that you’d expect to be a little thicker, which points out how thick the Chromebook Vero 514 really is. Compare that to the similarly priced Acer Chromebook Spin 513 that’s 0.64 inches thick and weighs 2.83 pounds.

It’s also quite thick at 0.80 inches while being reasonably light at 3.09 pounds. That makes this machine wider and deeper than it needs to be, given its 14.0-inch old-school 16:9 display. The top and bottom display bezels are huge by modern standards, while the side bezels aren’t particularly small. It’s not the most attractive laptop, and a buyer will have to be dedicated to the environment to overlook its less desirable aspects. The lines are simple, and it’s a minimalist design, with only the nature of the recycled plastic making it stand out. I’m sure that’s on purpose, and it lends an interesting aesthetic to the otherwise boring grey color scheme. Since the recycled plastic is unpainted, you can see colored flecks of different kinds of plastic used in its construction. The hinge is stiff, requiring two hands to pry open the lid. You don’t have to exert much force to bend it, which lends an air of cheapness. The chassis is rigid without bending or flexing, but the lid has a lot of give. None of what I say here means it’s structurally compromised. That sounds harsh, but I’m just giving my personal impressions. Its chassis has a thick, rough surface that feels more to me like the plastic you’d find on a cheap toy. The Chromebook Vero 514 looks and feels completely different from any laptop I’ve reviewed. Recycled, and it feels like it Mark Coppock/Digital Trends Your Chromebook now has access to your Android phone’s photos Steam enters beta on Chromebooks, tripling number of supported devicesĬhromebooks could soon borrow Window 11’s best multitasking feature

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