Acer has launched the next-generation C7 Chromebook with a faster processor and improved battery life.
Acer is also one of the first manufacturers to pack in Intel's fourth-generation Haswell processors, after the chip maker and Google touted faster, next-generation Chromebooks last month. However, Acer's kept costs down by plumping for one of the cheaper, slower options, the 1.4GHz Intel Celeron processor.
Another key improvement is battery life - where the previous model ran for around four or five hours, promised life on the new C7 is up to 8.5 hours.
Physically, the new C7 Chromebook weighs the same as its predecessor at 1.3kg, but is slimmer at 19mm thick.
Hardware-wise, Acer has kept the display the same at 11.6in and a resolution 1,366 x 768 - though it's now matte to make it easier to use outdoors. Acer's dropped the original C7 Chromebook's 320GB HDD in favour of a 16GB SSD with 4GB of RAM, plus the standard 100GB of Google Drive storage for two years.
Acer's dropped one of the three USB 2 ports featured on the previous model, leaving you with one USB 3 and one USB 2 port. There's also slots for HDMI output and support for an SD card of up to 32GB.
The device supports Wi-Fi, but there's no word on whether Acer might launch 3G and 4G models, as per HP's new Chromebook 11.
Acer has not yet revealed Australian pricing or availability.
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