Last week was a great week for low-cost computing, as both HP and Acer announced Chromebook laptops for under $300. Although the browser-based Chrome OS is no replacement for a Windows PC or Mac that ...

‘Tis the season for new Chromebooks — and in addition to the new Google-designed HP Chromebook 11, we now have Acer’s new C720 Chromebook to consider. At a glance, the HP and Acer systems may seem ...

The Acer C720 is a $200 Chromebook with a 16GB SSD, 11.6" super sleek form factor, and ridiculously good battery life - in ChromeOS factory trimmings, it's good for 8+ hours of battery life, cold ...

My relationship with Chromebook and Chrome OS has been rocky. When Google first announced the concept, I was highly dubious. After all, I had done all of my computing on Windows and Linux -- locally ...

Most Chromebooks are affordable portable laptops that sell for around $150 and up. They ship with Google’s Chrome operating system which is designed to boot quickly, let you get online in seconds, and ...

As you may be aware, I am currently at the Acer event in New York City. As a Chromebook fan, I was most excited by the new model that features an Intel Core i3 processor. After all, this should be a ...

Acer is expected to launch several new Chromebooks this year, featuring Bay Trail and NVIDIA Tegra K1 chips. The company also recently updated the Acer C720 lineup with a model with an Intel Core i3 ...

The perfect Chromebook has long been a pipe dream. All Google needed to do was release a model with great battery life and speedy performance for a price that well undercuts a typical Windows laptop.

With its new $200 Chromebook, Acer finally gets what these browser-based laptops are all about. Chromebooks are meant to get onto the web as quickly as possible, so it was puzzling that last year’s ...

Its cheaper and presumably faster than the 11 inch HP, but it probably has a noisy fan to keep it cool (Acer are not exactly known for their silent fans). I'd like to see noise and heat considered in ...

Traditionally, Chromebooks have been small computers, filling the netbook-shaped hole in the consumer market. While a tablet with a keyboard attachment can admirably fill-in at a coffee shop, extended ...

Google, you’ve got some great stuff going on with Chrome OS these days. The platform’s matured and evolved in exciting ways over the past couple years — and with the advent of things like packaged ...