Acer Gateway Chromebook 311

Updated on June 23, 2026

The Acer Gateway Chromebook 311 is a compact 11.6-inch laptop for basic computing, sold under the Gateway name as a variant of Acer’s Chromebook 311 line. Its ComfyView display runs at 1366x768, a resolution that covers web browsing, email, and light document work without much room to spare. Inside is an Intel Celeron N4500 with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of eMMC storage, a configuration for browsing and documents.

Acer rates the battery at up to 10 hours; buyers quoted below landed a few hours under that. There is no touchscreen and no backlit keyboard, which keeps the price down and puts the appeal on size and cost for students and light users.

Acer Gateway Chromebook 311 Comparison Chart

	Acer Gateway Chromebook 311
Price	List Price: $199.99 Amazon Prices: Loading prices...
Model number	CBO311-1H-C1MX
Performance Rating	3.1
Chromebook Plus	No
Processor	Dual-core 1.10 Ghz (max 2.80 Ghz) Intel Celeron Processor N4500
RAM	4 GB
Internal Storage	64 GB eMMC
Screen Size	11.6"
Screen Resolution	1366x768
Screen Type	ComfyView
Touch Screen	No
Stylus / Pen	No Stylus Support
Dimensions width x length x thickness	11.6 x 8.1 x 0.73 inches (294.64 x 205.74 x 18.54 mm)
Weight	2.65 lbs (1.2 kg)
Backlit Keyboard	No
Webcam	720p HD
WiFi	Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac)
Bluetooth	Bluetooth 5.0
Ethernet	No
Cellular Modem	No
HDMI	No HDMI
USB Ports	1 USB 3, 1 USB-C
Thunderbolt Ports	No
Card Reader	Card Reader
Battery	Li-ion
Battery Life	10.0 hours
Fanless	No
Auto Update Expiration Date	June, 2031

An 11.6-inch travel machine with a fixed memory ceiling

The matte ComfyView panel keeps reflections down under overhead lighting, and its 1366x768 resolution is modest for the size but workable for browsing, streaming, and documents. The Intel Celeron N4500 behind it is a dual-core chip built for light workloads. Paired with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of eMMC storage, it copes with a handful of tabs and a document at a time; resource-heavy applications sit outside what this configuration can do, and neither the memory nor the storage can be expanded later.

There is one USB-C port and one USB 3.0 port, plus a microSD card reader that adds the storage the 64GB eMMC does not give you. Wireless is Wi-Fi 5 and Bluetooth 5.0. With no HDMI output, an external monitor needs an adapter on the USB-C port, and wired internet needs a USB Ethernet adapter on that same port. A 720p HD webcam and a built-in microphone cover video calls and virtual meetings.

The 10-hour rating covers a school or work day without a charger, and at 2.65 pounds the machine adds little to a backpack. The trade at this price is the missing touchscreen and backlit keyboard.

Reviewer Insights

No established publication or hardware channel has published a hands-on review of this exact Gateway-branded model. The “Gateway Chromebook 311” (model CBO311-1H-C1MX) is a Walmart-oriented rebrand of Acer’s Chromebook 311 line, and that obscurity means there is no independent lab data for it: no measured screen brightness in nits, no timed battery rundown, no benchmark scores tied to this specific SKU. The videos and articles that surface in a search either cover Acer-branded CB311 variants (some with the older Celeron N4000) or are thin affiliate posts that restate the spec sheet without testing anything.

The Intel Celeron N4500 is a dual-core, dual-thread Jasper Lake chip with a 1.10 GHz base that bursts to 2.80 GHz inside a 6W power budget. On PassMark’s multithread CPU Mark it scores roughly 1,807, which lands near the bottom of the current Chromebook range. In practice that is enough for a handful of browser tabs, Google Docs, email, and 1080p streaming, but it stalls when you stack heavy sites, large spreadsheets, or several Android apps at once. The fixed 4GB of LPDDR4X memory is the tighter constraint of the two: ChromeOS plus a few tabs can fill it, so this configuration is the part most likely to feel slow over time, and neither the RAM nor the 64GB eMMC storage can be upgraded later.

The panel is an 11.6-inch 1366x768 non-touch ComfyView screen, the same low-resolution matte budget glass Acer has used across this size class for years; no reviewer has measured its brightness or color coverage for this unit, so any nit figure you find online traces to a spec sheet rather than a tested result. Acer’s “up to 10 hours” battery rating is a vendor claim, and endurance on low-power Celeron Chromebooks usually lands a few hours under the headline depending on brightness and workload. This Chromebook is slated to receive ChromeOS updates, including security patches, through its June 2031 Auto Update Expiration, which gives a cheap machine a long useful life.

Customer Reviews

Across 791 ratings on Amazon, the Acer Gateway Chromebook 311 averages 4.2 stars, with 67 percent leaving 5 stars and 11 percent leaving 1 star. Brenda Uldrick, a verified buyer, called it “Great basic computer for retirees” and said she recommends it “for anyone who needs a basic computer for web surfing, general searches, bill paying, and emailing.” Tracy, also a verified buyer, wrote that it works well for “working from home, online shopping and browsing,” while noting it is “On the small side” given the 11.6-inch frame.

Verified buyer Jazy left a 1-star review titled “Don’t buy this crap!!! I didn’t listen!!!”, calling the machine “TRASH” and complaining that it lags and took “forever to load playstore.” Another verified buyer, wally, gave it 3 stars over a service headache: he “never found the correct L-shaped replacement battery for it anywhere” and just keeps it plugged in. Athena Victory, who otherwise liked hers, said “the screen doesn’t have good contrast and color clarity.”

Read more owner reviews on Amazon.

Best for light browsing on a tight budget

Web browsing, email, and document work run fine on it, and it is small enough to carry to class or between rooms at home without thinking about it.

The fixed 4GB of RAM and 64GB of eMMC storage set a hard ceiling. Heavy multitasking and demanding software are out of reach, software that depends on macOS or iOS will not run under ChromeOS, and the single USB-C and USB 3.0 ports limit what you can plug in at once.

If you want more headroom or a sharper screen, compare specs across models with Starry Hope’s Chromebook Comparison Tool.

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