The Acer C720 Chromebook was launched last week by Acer, and will now be available in Mumbai and Delhi from 17th October onwards. The Chromebook is mainly targeted at consumers in the home and education segment, the device boots in less than 7 seconds and comes with a matte anti-glare display, this is what the company claims.
The
battery on the Chromebook runs for upto 8.5 hours, and the C720 also
features a 2 GB DDR3 RAM. The Acer C720 Chromebook keeps data safe when
the device is used by multiple users, such as for collaboration in the
classroom and for projects for home, school or work. The device features
a 16 GB SSD out of which 10 GB is user available and users get a 100 GB
storage on Google
Drive, for which the company claims will protects files, documents, and
photos safely in the cloud, and ensures that the most current version is
always available. Users will also be able to access files offline, and
even open and edit MS Office documents as well as Google Documents.The Acer C720 is a significant step forward for our highly-acclaimed Acer Chromebook line, as it delivers speedy performance, quick boot times, a matte anti-glare display and a slimmer design that is portable enough for anywhere use,” said Mr. S. Rajendran, CMO, Acer India. “Thesekey advances allow families and students to continue collaborating, learning and playing in exciting ways, all while staying secure since Chrome OS includes multiple layers of protection from online threats.”
Chromebooks are designed to make computing faster, simpler and more secure for everyone, and we’re delighted that we can now bring this experience to India. Chromebooks have become the go-to laptop for many people around the world and if you love using Chrome on your PC, you’ll get going on a Chromebook in seconds”, said Mr. Caesar Sengupta, Vice President, Product Management, Chrome OS.
The Acer C720 includes a full-sized keyboard, and the device weighs
1.25 kg. The Chromebook Acer C720 features a 29.5 cms (11.6 inches)
ComfyView™ HD display with a 1366 x 768 resolution. The Acer C720 also
have an integrated HD webcam. The Acer C720 can connect to various
electronics devices such as camcorders, digital cameras
and smart phones via USB 3.0 port as well as a USB 2.0 port. The device
also has an HDMI port for pushing video and content to external
displays and HDTVs. The Chromebook also features a SD card slot.
Intel has a long history of developing compelling products for client computing while enabling new and innovating operating systems. We would like to congratulate Acer on the launch of their Chromebook using Intel processors based on the Haswell microarchitecture. The launch of the Intel processor based Chromebook demonstrates our ongoing work to ensure Intel architecture is the platform of choice for customers and we continue to provide a spectrum of experiences to the end-user” said Sandeep Aurora, Director of Marketing & Market Development, Intel South Asia.
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