Audio and extras
Do these Chromebooks sound good?
Outside of the Acer’s convertible features, which seem more novelty than something you’ll want to use, another disappointment were the speakers. These lack any real volume, and while converting the device to make the speakers more prominent helps, this is hardly a punchy audio performance. There’s is a comfortable 64GB of storage.
Asus has managed to do the near-impossible and included a set of decent speakers in a laptop. They can pump out a reasonable amount of volume, retain a modicum of base and just about hold it together with high tones, while also handling vocals well. It has its Flip convertible feature and an impressive 128GB of storage.
The Go lacks biometrics and two-in-one features despite that touchscreen. The audio lacks base and features scratchy highs, although there’s enough volume on offer. The 1080p webcam is one of the best we’ve used, and there’s 64GB of storage.
Credit where it’s due on HP’S budget system, the built-in stereo speakers are loud and clear. Obviously they’re tinny and hollowsounding, but they’re serviceable. HP’S Chromebook includes a basic 32GB of storage, but also throws in a year’s worth of 100GB Google Cloud storage.
With its bigger chassis, Lenovo has used the space to include decent drivers for the audio. The speakers are bottom firing and manage to pump out good levels of sound, but more importantly clear vocals. While bass and highs are never going to be perfect it did a good-enough job for a laptop. This Core i5 models comes with a roomy 128GB of storage.