Acer Unveils Powerful Intel Core i3 Chromebook
Acer as unveiled a powerful new Chromebook using an Intel i3 processor.
The Acer Aspire E11, which BetaNews report will also be made available in a touchscreen Windows version, was unveiled by the company at a press event in the US today, April 29.
It features a dual-core Intel Core i3-4005U processor running at 1.7GHz. This makes it the second Chrome OS notebook to use an ‘i’ Series chip from Intel, the first being Google’s pricey i5-based Chromebook Pixel.
Details are still emerging on the device from those in attendance at the event. Brad Linder of Liliputing reports that the model will be based on ‘the same chassis’ as the existing 11.6-inch Acer C720 series devices, something backed up by Brian Fagioli of BetaNews who notes that both the screen and keyboard ‘felt the same’ as the current C720 models.
The Intel Core i3 processor should see this device deliver much better performance than the existing crop of Celeron-based Chromebooks, and will enable Acer to forgo the need for a fan (hurrah!). But in retaining the same 11.6-inch form-factor we perhaps shouldn’t get too excited at the prospect of a superior display (boo!).
Finally, DigitalTrends report that the device has an expected US street date of June 2014 and a price tag of just $269.
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