Monday, January 4

Acer has a new $180 Chromebook and a 24-inch Chrome OS all-in-one

Acer has always been a trailblazer when it comes to budget Chromebooks and other Chrome OS hardware, so it's no surprise that the company has announced a pair of new Chromethings in the run up to CES this week.

The first of the two is an 11.6-inch model in the vein of the Chromebook C7 and C720, an update to the current Acer Chromebook CB3-111. The new CB3-131 has the standard 1366×768 panel, a quad-core Intel Celeron chip (our best guess is the Braswell-based N3150, but we've asked Acer for more specific information), either 2GB or 4GB of RAM, and either 16GB or 32GB of storage. All models have 867Mbps 802.11ac Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0, a USB 2.0 port, a USB 3.0 port, a full-size HDMI port, and an SD card reader. The laptop weighs 2.42 pounds (1.1kg) and is 0.73 inches (18.6mm) thick, and Acer claims that it will last up to nine hours between charges.

The laptop starts at $179.99 for the model with 2GB of RAM and 16GB of storage. We'll update with information about the higher-end 4GB version when we get it.

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