Acer Chromebook: dead touchpad USB mouse fine

since more than a year my Acer Chromebook was working without any problem, mostly on the dev-channel, but few days ago, I switched back to the stable channel...

BUT yesterday, all at a sudden, the touchpad was "dead", USB-mouse was working fine though...

asked google and it came up with several solutions - the least "invasive" worked out fine for me:

unplug the power AND take out the battery for 10 minutes (or a little bit more) - found here

speakers off - why?

BIG shock - this morning the speakers were shut off, and were not to convince to turn on

rebooting (several times) didn't help,

I checked the helpsites and found here the advice to re-install Chrome-OS - I DID create a re-installation thumb drive, but wasn't ready to risk (or try out) to re-install Chrome-OS

so I went back in mind, what did I change recently?

oh YES, I added the >Enable accessibility features< unchecked the >Enable accessibility features< , rebooted and voila, speakers are back on their job :::happydance:::

Acer Chromebook's first run

today my Acer Chromebook arrived:

box - nicely small

as I don't read a lot of instructions, I put the battery in, attached it to it's power supply, waited till it was fully loaded (which was amazingly fast) and

turned in ON - it guides you through the initial set-up process

Steps:

1. find your wireless network (ok this I knew how to do)
2. type in the password of your wireless network - OMG, where do I find this??? - after 90 minutes of desperate searching I finally looked UNDER my modem - yes, there it was
3. login with you gmail/ google account (and do NOT start a guest session - these don't have any admin privileges at all)
4. enjoy :-) - Chrome synchronizes EVERYTHING (ok mostly everything) of the settings you have in your Chrome-Browser on your "big" PC/ Schleppi
5. and *happydance* my wireless mice (Logitech and HP) DO work with the Acer Chromebook, without having to install any software

decision process

after I had decided to move into the cloud(computing), I needed to find out, if I would like the Acer or the Samsung Chromebook (both WiFi only)

both are fairly identical, I created a comparison spreadsheet for these two, to help myself to come to a decision, this comparison chart I now published on my features page

summary of some differences:

• battery life: Samsung has a longer battery life
• display size: Samsung has 12.1 inches, Acer 11.6 inches
• display "content": Acer has 1366 x 798 resolution, and Samsung 1280 x 800 resolution
• external screen output: Acer has a HDMI output (to which I can attach my big 27 inch screen digitally), Samsung a Mini-VGA-dongle, only the analogue port would work
• the Acer has a replaceable battery unit, the Samsung is all "glued in one piece"

the higher resolution and the HDMI output made all the difference to me:

the Acer it will be

Acer AC700-1099 Chromebook - Cromia AC761-1099 11.6″ HD Chromebook

where's my Acer, which went by the name of Cromia AC761-1099 11.6″ HD Chromebook?

oh, it got renamed: Acer AC700-1099 Chromebook - that's how it's listed at Amazon, where I finally purchased it in early September 2011, and that's how it's named on the Acer websites too.