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Acer was only willing to tease its Haswell-powered Chromebook at last month's Intel Developer Forum, but it's ready to spill the beans today. Now called the C720, the 11.6-inch system revolves around ...

Acer knows Chromebooks, and they, along with Asus rose to market majority when Netbooks were the rage. Acer's Chromebook C710 was a solid, affordable effort and the new Chromebook C720, available soon ...

Acer launches an industry's first Chromebook model using a 4th Generation Intel Core i3 processor. The award-winning Acer C720 Chromebook is now available in two models powered by the Intel Core i3 ...

Acer was one of the first companies to launch a laptop running Google’s Chrome operating system, and the company has updated its Chrome OS laptops a number of times over the past few years. This ...

When it comes to the latest Chromebooks, it’s a battle of design versus speed. Earlier this month, HP and Acer came out with new laptops running on Chrome OS, Google’s Web-centric operating system.

The first Haswell-based Chromebook has arrived, a scant month after we saw a tantalizing array of prototypes at the Intel Developer Forum. Acer announced Thursday that the C720-2800, an initial model ...

Zurück zu den Wurzeln. Zurzeit versuchen viele Hersteller, das bekannte Chromebook-Konzept zu überarbeiten und mit besserer Verarbeitung sowie mehr Leistung ein größeres Publikum anzusprechen. Nicht ...

I'm sure Acer will eventually redesign the C720 from the ground up, but for now, it's clear the company's main priority is to improve the performance -- and be the first with a Core i3 Chromebook. For ...

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Google's segment of portable computers loaded with Chrome OS is growing, and among recently announced new models is Acer's latest offering — the Acer C720, an inexpensive laptop that utilizes Intel ...