Acer comes with Chromebox and Tegra K1 Chromebook gets full-HD option

Acer is about to announce a desktop system with Chrome OS. The manufacturer would focus on the business market with the model. In addition, it is clear that the Chromebook from Acer with Tegra K1-soc will come in a version with a full-HD screen.

The Chromebox has the type number CXI2610 and the existence of the system came from a PDF document that the Italian Eeevolution managed to obtain. The Chromebox has an Intel Celeron 2957U, a maximum of 8GB DDR3, flash storage with a capacity of 16GB or 32GB, Gigabit Ethernet, an SD memory card reader, displayport, HDMI and four USB 3.0 ports. Internally, a mini PCI-e slot would be available. The specifications therefore largely correspond to those of the Chromeboxes from HP and Asus. The systems may not be available in stores, but Acer will deliver them directly to businesses as part of Google’s Chrome for Business initiative.

In addition, Eeevolution has managed to obtain more information about the Chromebook CB5. The 13.3-inch Chromebook with Tegra K1 is available in two models: one with a resolution of 1366×768 pixels and one with a resolution of 1920×1080 pixels. In addition, there is a choice of 2GB or 4GB memory and emmc storage of 16GB or 32GB. The battery capacity is 48Wh, with which the laptop would last 12 hours with the full-HD version and 14 hours with the HD version.There are no variants with a touchscreen and prices of the high-end model would be between 400 and 500 euros. come out, while the cheapest Chromebook CB5 would cost 280 euros.

There will also be Chromebook models from Acer that will be equipped with a Celeron N2930 quadcore or N2830 dualcore. These models are given the type name C730 and are equipped with an 11.6 “screen with a resolution of 1366×768 pixels. Both the CB5 and the C730 will receive support for WiFi-ac.