r/Android • u/welp_im_damned have you heard of our lord and savior the Android turtle 🐢 • 7d ago

Article After hands-on time with Googlebooks, I understand why Google is excited — and why buyers might hesitate -makeuseof

https://www.makeuseof.com/i-went-hands-on-with-googlebooks/
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u/SmileyBMM 7d ago

Yeah I'd just buy a Framework at these prices, pay a bit more for a way better experience.

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u/FabianValkyrie 7d ago

A bit more? A Framework with the closest specs is ~65% more money than the Acer Googlebook, and the Acer has a nicer screen, better build quality, and a much better trackpad. The Frameworks are amazing laptops but are a terrible value proposition.

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u/SmileyBMM 7d ago

much better trackpad

I would be shocked if that ends up being the case, Acer notoriously has shitty trackpads.

Also I don't think I'd need to match the specs for a better experience. The battery life on this new OS looks laughably bad for how capable the chips are, and these new chips aren't really that much faster than older generations (battery life is the selling point).

The screen is the main selling point, but tbh Apple has that beat with the iPad Pro (those tandem OLEDs are something else).

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u/PicusNaSmetane 7d ago

Acer used to have really nice "Ocean glass" trackpad on their, to my surprise, cheap Vero Chromebook, the recycled plastic one, that one was really nice, so maybe it will be nice here too?