The button provided a satisfying click that wasn’t noisy, and all of the usual Chrome OS multitouch gestures were supported and reliable. It’s large, filling most of the available space below the keyboard, and it has a pleasant surface that provides just the right amount of tactile feedback. We were up to our typical typing speed and accuracy in no time, and we enjoyed the keyboard as much as the similar model on the Acer Chromebook 13 and the HP Chromebook x2. You’ll find the standard Chrome OS key layout without a single surprise – that’s one of the benefits of Chromebooks, in fact. It provides sufficient travel so that you’ll never feel like your fingers are bottoming out, and the key mechanism is snappy without being loud. The Chromebook 514 has the usual island keyboard with black chiclet keys and five levels of brightness, and we liked it a lot. A dual-band Intel chipset provides 2×2 MU-MIMO 802.11ac Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 4.2 wireless connectivity.
There’s no Thunderbolt 3 support, which isn’t a knock against the Chromebook 514 – we’re not aware of any Chromebooks that support the super-fast protocol yet. Mark Coppock/Digital TrendsĬonnectivity is solid for a Chrome OS laptop, with two USB-C 3.1 ports that each support charging and external displays, two USB-A 3.0 ports, and a microSD card reader. We never noticed the chassis getting anymore than slightly warm during even our most intensive uses. Like most Chromebooks, the Chromebook 514 is fanless and so completely silent. There are definitely more portable Chromebooks out there, such as the Pixelbook. The Chromebook 514 is reasonably thin at 0.67 inches (the same as the Chromebook 13) and of moderate weight at 3.09 pounds (curiously, much lighter than the Acer Chromebook 13’s 3.5 pounds).
The size bezels, though, have been trimmed a bit. The top and bottom bezels are also rather large, which detracts from a modern appearance and adds some size to the chassis.
The build quality stands out more than the aesthetic, and in a good way.
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