Acer Tegra K1 Chromebook 13 Release Date, Specs: Nividia-Powered Chromebook Has 13 Hour Battery

Acer’s upcoming Chromebook has better graphics and an extended battery life.
Acer Tegra K1 Chromebook 13 Release Date, Specs: Nividia-Powered Chromebook Has 13 Hour Battery
(NIVIDIA.com)
8/11/2014
Updated:
7/18/2015

Acer’s upcoming Chromebook has better graphics and an extended battery life.

NVIDIA and Acer have worked together to produce the first Chromebook with a NVIDIA Tegra K1 processor.

This power-efficient processor Chromebook, called the Acer Chromebook 13, aptly has 13 hours of battery life, and much better graphics than its competition.

Most Chromebooks in the market only feature 1366 x 768 resolution. This means that most Chromebooks out there are not ideal devices to view photos and enjoy high definition movies on.

With the NVIDIA Tegra K1 4-Plus-1 quad-care ARM Cortex A15 processor, however, the Acer Chromebook 13 will now have gaming PC-level graphics and processing power.

The Acer Chromebook 13 has one version with the low-resolution display, and another one with a high-resolution 1920 x 1080 display that costs just $20 dollars more.

The model with the better screen resolution has 11 hours of battery life, but getting two hours less on a single charge for a better display can be worth the additional cost.

Another selling point of the Tegra K1 chip is that it doesn’t require a fan to stay cool, and also means that the Acer Chromebook 13 totally silent.

Other features include 802.11ac Wi-Fi, a two USB 3.0 ports, a HDMI port, and a 720p webcam.

Check out the four Acer Chromebook 13 models that are now available for pre-order from Best Buy and Amazon:

- Acer Chromebook 13 CB5-311-T7NN: 1,366 x 768 display, 2GB of memory, 16GB Solid State Drive.

Price: $279.99

- Acer Chromebook 13 CB5-311-T9B0: 1,920 x 1,080 full HD display, 2GB of memory, 16GB Solid State Drive.

Price: $299.99

- OEMs and the education sector model: 1,366 x 768 display, 4GB of memory, 16GB SolidState Drive

Priced: $329.99.

- Acer Chromebook 13 CB5-311-T1UU: 1,920 x 1,080 full HD display, 4GB of memory, 32GB Solid State Drive.

Price: $379.99

 

 

 

 

Larry Ong is a New York-based journalist with Epoch Times. He writes about China and Hong Kong. He is also a graduate of the National University of Singapore, where he read history.
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