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.

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Mainstream or not, here come the next-gen Chromebooks. Acer's C7 update claims 8.5 hours of battery life, even with a downgraded Haswell chip. Senior writer Seth Rosenblatt covered Google and security ...

The first Haswell-based Chromebook has arrived, a scant month after we saw a tantalizing array of prototypes at the Intel Developer Forum. Acer announced Thursday that the C720-2800, an initial model ...

The new Acer C720 Chromebook launches today, delivering fast, responsive performance and up to 8.5 hours of long battery life with a new Intel processor based on Haswell micro-architecture. It has a ...

With the arrival of Acer’s new C720 Chromebook, one thing is immediately clear: All Chromebooks are not created equal. The Acer C720, on sale now for $249 and expected to ship later this month, is a ...

Acer launches an industry's first Chromebook model using a 4th Generation Intel Core i3 processor. The award-winning Acer C720 Chromebook is now available in two models powered by the Intel Core i3 ...

Acer knows Chromebooks, and they, along with Asus rose to market majority when Netbooks were the rage. Acer's Chromebook C710 was a solid, affordable effort and the new Chromebook C720, available soon ...

Google's segment of portable computers loaded with Chrome OS is growing, and among recently announced new models is Acer's latest offering — the Acer C720, an inexpensive laptop that utilizes Intel ...

Though it seems like an oxymoron, the Acer C720 Chromebook (C720-3404) is a power users' Chromebook, thanks to its Intel Core i3 processor. The keyboard is adequate for typing anything from a school ...

Acer was one of the first companies to launch a laptop running Google’s Chrome operating system, and the company has updated its Chrome OS laptops a number of times over the past few years. This ...