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Dan Seifert
It’s not often that a new product is worse than the one it’s replacing.

We’re accustomed to things getting better every year, but in the case of Acer’s generally-excellent Chromebook Spin, the opposite happened.

The Chromebook Spin 714 is worse than last year’s Spin 713 in a number of crucial ways, including display and battery life. Bummer.

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