Acer Announces AC700 WiFi Only Chromebook At $349 – Intel Atom N570 & 16GB SSD

Acer recently announced the AC700, the companies very first Chromebook in the United States and its first product running Googles Chrome-based operating system. The Acer AC700 is an 11.6-inch ultraportable that is said to deliver blazing boot times and instant access to the Internet thanks to a 16GB SSD and the Intel Atom N570 dual-core processor that has access to 2GB of DDR3 memory. Acer says that the AC700 is the first of many new products that feature Googles Chrome operating system. Acer believes that the AC700 Chromebook is ideal for savvy mobile consumers, educational institutions, and business people that spend most of their time on the Internet for cloud computing such as using web-based email, uploading photos to sites like Flickr and Picasa, and keeping up-to-date on the latest news and events. The Acer AC700 has a battery life of up to six hours with its 6-cell battery (4400 mAh), so while it won’t last an entire work day it should be able to make most of it. The Acer AC700 Chromebook is available this month in the US with an MSRP starting at $349.99. A model with 3G broadband wireless capabilities will be coming this summer.