Hey you and welcome! my name is Mr. Berry and in this whole video I'm going to be looking at the Acer
Chromebook 715. now with this Chromebook I'm going to be going in and showing you
a quick unboxing as well as setting up into the Chromebook and then showing you actually how to
update the operating system so that you have the newest features right on day one
I'm going to be going over the specifications and comparing it to some of the earlier versions
of the 15 series such as the 315 and 515 and before I forget if you can click on the thumbs
up icon that really helps YouTube share the video with more people and helps channel and towards the
end I'm going to go over the pros and cons of this Chromebook that way you can be the judge
whether this is the right Chromebook for you so let's check out this Chromebook here and i come on
i bought my acer 715 renewed or refurbished version from Walmart for about 360 dollars
it can be found at amazon and acer recertified for about the same price it came in an acer
laptop box and was protected by an airbag inside i found the Chromebook charger and a little note
about how to get Microsoft office there was no manual or other paperwork at all the first thing
i noticed was the solid fill of the case which is all metal it's not too heavy at about five pounds
and the charger adds almost another pound making the whole product weigh in at almost six pounds
on the underside i saw that it has downward facing speakers which can muffle the sound if you like to
watch movies with the Chromebook resting on your chest in bed i also found the full model number as
cb7151wt39hz this would be important to know if you wish to compare this model with other
cb715s that may have a different processor storage or other options
upon opening the lid I was greeted with the standard Chromebook keyboard
which may be confusing for newbies as the caps lock function can be found by pressing
the alt and the search keys
there are many other shortcuts too that can be found by pressing the control
alt and question keys and when you do use that keyboard shortcut it opens the searchable window
to make finding all of the keyboard shortcuts a snap this Chromebook comes with a 10 key keyboard
also known as a numeric keyboard which many business users may find very useful
the sad thing is that the 10 key takes up the space where the top facing speakers would be
this model also lacks a backlit keyboard which the cb515 has
looking on the left hand side we see a 3.1 USB type-c which can be used to power the Chromebook
connect external storage devices or connect an external monitor
next we see a 3.1 USB type a and an audio jack
on the other side we find a micro SD card reader a 3.1 USB type-c
and a Kingston laptop port which can be used to secure the Chromebook to your desk
looking at the display we see it has a 15.6 inch comfy view IPS full HD touch screen
led display and it has a matte finish it comes with a standard 45 watt USB type-c charger
setting up a Chromebook is super easy basically just make sure it's plugged in
to receive power and then open up the lid and it instantly turns on then select your network
key in your network's password and then click on connect
then click on accept and continue on Google's terms of service
now key in your Gmail address and click on next now key in your password and then click on next
and then if you have enabled two-step verification you'll send a message to your cell phone
you'll then click on yes on your cell phone and then as soon as you do you'll be logging
into your google account and then click on accept and continue and then click on next
you'll then see google assistant and click on continue and then in this next section it will
ask if you want to use your voice to use your Chromebook you can click on no thanks or agree
now if you clicked on agree you can now control your Chromebook with your voice and do such things
as say hey google how's the weather today and you'll respond by actually giving you the weather
and now click on next and then click on get started so now the Chromebook will begin
downloading and installing all the applications and programs that you use with your account
so if you've owned a Chromebook in the past all the programs and applications that you've
installed on that old machine will now be installed on your new machine this is all done
automatically and if you're new to Chromebook don't worry because now a how-to section will
come up we can actually click and it'll show you how to do things right on your Chromebook
now in this next segment I'm going to show you how to update your chrome operating system in this way
you'll be able to get the latest features right on your Chromebook on the very first day as I'm
giving the steps you may press the space bar to pause the video and then complete the steps on
your Chromebook and then to un-pause just hit the spacebar again step number one click on the time
and now click on the settings icon and settings will open up now click on about Chrome OS
and right there where it says check updates go ahead and click on check for updates as
you see there then you'll be checking for updates then downloading the latest one
that's it you now have the latest version of the chrome operating system right on your Chromebook
and if you want to learn more about those new features that you can find in the chrome
offering system I've made a complete video about it and I'll link it right up here above me so you
go ahead and click on there whenever you want to to see those new features you can even go
back to the video after you watch this one see that one next now I'm going to be going over
some of the specifications for this Chromebook and comparing it to the 315 as well as the 515.
now to begin with I'm actually going to go over what is similar with all three of
these Chromebook they all have a 15.6 inch led screen and they all have the option to have this
as a touchscreen or not many times it is hard to know which is which so whenever you buy one of
these make sure that the title has the words touch screen in it it will also show that touch screen
option in the description now if it does not have a touchscreen the seller will not mention it
so be very careful because in order to play android apps at touchscreen is almost essential
next is the processor also known as the CPU the cb315 comes with the intel Celeron n4000 processor
the cb515 comes with the intel Celeron and 4400 processor the cb715 has the intel core i3 8130 u
processor now i worried about processors and the meaning of their names the n stands for
notebook and generally processors that have an n in front of it
are found in notebooks they consume less power and therefore allow for a longer battery life
next is the u if you see a processor with you in its name that means ultra low power that means the
processor uses very little power and therefore extends the life of the battery next I want to
talk about the very first number in the CPU's name that is the generation of the processor
so in the case of the cb315 we see that it has the 4000 processor that means it has the fourth
generation of the intel Celeron the same is true for the cb515 but in the CB715 it has a much
newer processor in fact it is the eighth generation of the intel core i3 processor what
that means is it has much more performance and consumes much less power the last three numbers
within the processor names denote its performance within that generation so a 400 is a slightly
faster processor than a zero zero acer pairs these Chromebooks with many different processors
so you need to be aware of which processor is in the Chromebook that you are purchasing
i have been using the cb515 with the intel Celeron and 4400 processor for years to create my videos
do google meets play android games and work as my daily computer and it has performed very
well in all of these applications i did notice the CB315 with the n4000 to be a little slower
in playing android games and creating videos it is still possible to buy a Chromebook with an n3000
processor today but those are even slower and may not perform well if you have 20 tabs open or
doing a google meet and running the Facebook app in the background with the intel core i3 8130 the
715 shines in this area I have been using this Chromebook as my daily computer for a week now
and i have noticed just how quick it works even when i am playing a video playing an android game
and running 20 tabs with the Facebook app in the background all at the same time next is memory
all of these have four gigs of ddr4 ram or double data rate fourth generation random access memory
that may seem like a low number when compared to windows computers but it is the perfect
amount with a Chromebook I have upgraded older Chromebooks with up to 16 gigs of ram
and there is no difference in performance as compared to when the system had four gigs
and as a side note the memory or ram in these computers is not upgradable in fact on most
Chromebooks and laptops so today the memory is actually soldered onto the main board
next is storage now both the 315 and 515 have 32 gigs of built-in storage and the 715 has 128
gigs of storage which can really come in handy if you download a lot of music or other media
onto your Chromebook now I do have a separate video that shows a method of how to actually
upgrade your storage right on your Chromebook and i have a link to it at the top there
hey now i want to go over some of the pros and cons for the 715. some of the pros that
really stand out with first off it would be the processor being a core i3 processor you
got that extra performance compared to the in 4000 processors that you find in many other Chromebooks
another big positive or pro is the storage being 128 gigs which really comes in handy if you're
going to be downloading a lot of media such as movies and music and another pro for business
users is the 10 key numeric keypad that you have there on the keyboard that really comes in handy
if you have to enter in a lot of numbers now for the cons the biggest con that for me would be
the downward facing speakers now if you go in and have your Chromebook
in bed and you're watching a movie the speakers are facing down and so the blanket or wherever
you have the Chromebook sitting on it muffles the sound now a solution to this is to wear a headset
that fixes it but still it would be nice to have speakers that actually face up or towards you
another con is that the keyboard is not backlit other than that it's a beautiful machine and i do
recommend the 715. now what about the average user the average Chromebook user is he really going to
need the 715 probably not probably something more akin to the 315 or even the 515 would be just
fine for the average daily user of a Chromebook so where does the 715 stand out or it stands out and
having extra storage and that faster processor so if you're doing a lot of gaming with your machine
especially android games or if you're processing videos like i do that does come in handy for
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