Unlike most popular Windows notebooks, Chromebooks come on the market with affordable pricing, but not always with convincing hardware configurations, as well as for a software platform that not everyone is using or knowing.
Despite this, the Chromebook market has grown and new models come to the market, focusing mainly on the educational environment. This is the reason for the new Acer Chromebook 11 C771 rugged Chromebook conceived for the school, which can withstand drops of up to 120 cm, and offer military grade MIL-STD810G standard.
Coming to the hardware part, the Acer Chromebook 11 C771 is powered by Intel’s sixth-generation Celeron, Core i3 or Core i5 processors. There is also a variant with Celeron 3855U processor, it packs 4GB of RAM, 32GB of eMMC storage and offers a 1366×768 pixel screen with touch option. Acer’s battery reaches up to 13 hours (12 hours for touchscreen version), while on the connectivity side there are USB Type-C, USB 3.0, HDMI, WiFi a/b/g/n/ac and HD webcam.
The Acer Chromebook 11 C771 price for the base version (without touchscreen) is $279.99, availability is scheduled for September this year, while the touchscreen variant will cost about $329.99.