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Acer K1-powered Chromebook $279 for Pre-Order – Dual-boot Linux?

August 11, 2014 by Rob Farber Leave a Comment

The Acer Chromebook 13, priced at $279,  is the first Chromebook to use an NVIDIA Tegra K1 processor. It offers customers fast graphics and a 13-hour battery  in an ultra-mobile form factor. Available for presale now at Amazon.com and BestBuy.com.

Spec from Amazon.com:

Screen Size 13.3 inches
Max Screen Resolution 1366 x 768 pixels
Processor 2.1 GHz Tegra
RAM 2 GB DDR3L SDRAM
Graphics Coprocessor NVIDIA Kepler GPU with 192 NVIDIA CUDA cores
Wireless Type 802.11 A/C
Number of USB 3.0 Ports 2
Average Battery Life (in hours) 13 hours

Other SKUs include:

  • CB5-311-T9B0 ($299) 2GB of RAM and 16GB of storage
  • CB5-311-T1UU ($379.99)4GB of RAM and 32GB of storage.
  • A fourth version, with a 1366×768 display, 4GB of RAM, and 16GB of storage will be marketed to educational institutions and commercial buyers at a cost of $329.99.

See more at: http://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2014/08/11/tegra-k1-chromebooks/#sthash.OD0gIWaJ.dpuf

The cool part is that Chromebooks can dual-boot Linux. Nice for CUDA development!

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