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So +<\/span>Kay Hill<\/a><\/span>'s high school (two weeks!) is a "connected campus," where everyone is expected to tie into the WiFi and make use of computers and tablets at home and<\/i> at school. \u00a0All students are encouraged to bring a laptop or Chromebook with them daily, for taking notes and tracking calendars and accessing resources in class.\u00a0<\/p>\n

One of the recommended options was to go for a Chromebook, which, honestly, sounded like the best option for her — local storage is not a high need, her document work is being done through Google Drive (all district students have an account), and the battery life and instant on \/off seem to make a lot of sense.<\/p>\n

So we just bought her one of these new Acer C720s, one of the new ones with the Intel Core i3s. It's a bit pricier than some of the other alternatives, but it brings with it additional storage and CPU to make it more likely to last her for the next four years.<\/p>\n

So, we'll see how the Chromebook life works. She'll still have her Windows notebook for doing Wintel-based games, so I don't see any reduction in capacity to do stuff. How it all works as a portable working device for her will be an interesting thing to see.\ufeff<\/p><\/div>\n

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Review: Acer C720 Chromebook with Core i3, best value yet | ZDNet<\/a>
\n The C720 is one of the first Chromebooks to ship with an Intel Core i3 processor. We go hands on to see if all the excitement is justified.\n <\/p>\n

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