Acer releases first Chromebook with Core i3

Acer has announced the first Chromebooks with an Intel Core i3 in the US. It concerns two models of Acer’s Chromebook 720, which are equipped with 2GB and 4GB and will be available in the store for less than $380.

Both variants of the Chromebook 720 get a frugal Core i3-4005U: a dual-core from Intel with a standard clock speed of 1.7GHz and with 3MB L3 cache. The processor is based on the Haswell architecture and should therefore do its job economically. Acer claims that the battery life is a maximum of 8.5 hours, but it is not known how the manufacturer measured this.

In addition, both Chromebooks are equipped with 32GB SSDs. The resolution of the 11.6 “screen is 1366×768 pixels, there are a USB 2.0 port, USB 3.0 interface and HDMI and the weight is 1.3 kg, with a thickness of 19 mm. The model of the Chromebook 720 with 4 GB costs $ 380 in the US, which goes with 2 GB for $ 350. Acer emphasizes a release in the US It is not known whether the Chromebooks will also appear in the Benelux. Celeron 2955U delivered.

Manufacturers of Chromebooks are increasingly trying to make laptops distinctive, for example with touchscreens and processors. With regard to the latter, Chromebooks with x86 processors and with ARM-based chips are appearing. For example, Samsung equips its Chromebooks with passively cooled Exynos-socs that are also in smartphones and tablets, and there are also Chromebooks with cheap Rockchip-socs on the way.