Acer Outs Chrome OS Devices Aimed at Education

By Shane McGlaun January 24, 2019

Acer is at BETT 2019, and it has rolled out four new Chrome OS devices that are aimed at the education market. The machines are all MIL-STD 810G compliant meaning they can survive drops of up to 48-inches with a downward force of 132 pounds.

All the machines share an 11.6-inch IPS display, a pair of USB-C ports, and a pair of USB 3.0 ports. The Chromebook Spin 311 and Spin 511 both have a 360-degree hinge that supports tablet, notebook, display, and tent modes. The 311 has a 7th Gen AMD A-Series A4-9120C processor and Radeon graphics with the 511 packing a dual-core Intel Celeron N4000 or quad-core N4100 chip.

The Chromebook 311 C721 has an AMD chipset and a standard notebook form factor with touch and non-touch versions available. The machines have a spill-resistant keyboard and trackpad with Bluetooth 5.0.

The Chromebook 311 C733 has the same spill-resistant keyboard and offers the same processor options as the spin 511. All of the new machines will land in North America in Q2 with no word on pricing reports 9to5Google.