Best of all, there’s no chance of any fingerprints mucking up the Acer Chromebook Vero 514 with these materials. Yes, the texture of the entire chassis feels a little roughed up.

It has a smooth feel, great responsiveness, and a very positive click mechanism.Īll in all, don’t let recycled materials worry you here. And if you didn’t tell me the trackpad was made from recycled ocean-bound plastic, I’d never know. In fact, the chassis is more rigid than most other metal chassis Chromebooks I’ve used. I don’t feel like I’m sacrificing build quality or any user experience with this Chromebook. This is good from an eco-friendly standpoint and it’s even better than the Vero 514 is extremely well-built. The trackpad is made from recycled ocean-bound plastic. The chassis uses 30% post-consumer recycled plastic while the keycaps use 50% of the same materials. The latter color shade is so slight, you might even miss seeing it. The yellow footrests and yellow “E’ and “R” keys aren’t bothersome either. Some may not like the embossed reminders of recycled materials used one the chassis, but I don’t mind them.

Whatever the reason and whatever you think, the Acer Chromebook Vero 514 looks unique in an understated way. Maybe I like this because I’ve adopted a minimalistic lifestyle over the past few years. And the squared design with slightly rounded corners has a Google Pixebook vibe going on. However, I appreciate the bland-colored recycled materials used here. The Acer Chromebook Vero 514 is neither of these. I’ve given them bonus points for a thin design too. I’ve long been a fan of flashy-looking, all-metal laptops for a while. Since the main differentiator between the Acer Chromebook Vero 514 and other laptops is the look and feel, let me start with that. The Acer Chromebook Vero 514 isn’t flashy looking The $599 Acer Chromebook Vero 514 is a top-notch performer, capable of keeping up with any of the other 12th gen Intel Chromebooks available today. But this isn’t just a case of beauty being only skin deep. This is a ChromeOS laptop that you probably either love or hate the look of because of that. During my Acer Chromebook Vero 514 review period, the device kept drawing me to its recycled plastic that reminds me of concrete. For the first time in a long while, I got to use a uniquely different Chromebook.

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