Acer expands Chromebook line-up with 15.6-inch Chromebook 515

(Pocket-lint) - With Chromebook options already plentiful, Acer continues to grow the scope of options disposable - principally with larger-scale devices, specified arsenic the all-new Chromebook 515 and its 15.6-inch display.

It’s not the archetypal Chromebook with a surface of this size - the institution has an even-larger 17-inch model - but the 515 wraps unneurotic higher-end specification to entreaty to those not solely looking to the Chromebook marketplace for a inexpensive buy. Although, with its “from €499” starting price, it’s besides precise tenable compared to the Windows notebook competition.

Of people precisely however overmuch you’ll wage volition beryllium connected configuration, arsenic the Chromebook 515 tin person up to an 11th Gen Intel Core i7 processor, 16GB RAM, and Intel Iris X graphics. That’s plentifulness of powerfulness to grip each mode of tasks.

The main diagnostic of the Chromebook 515 is its surface though, which adopts a Full HD (1920 x 1080) solution crossed its 15.6-inch diagonal measure. It’s an LCD panel, truthful nary OLED fanciness to beryllium seen here, but with IPS designation it ought to person bully viewing angles to negate the issues from which the archetypal procreation of ultra-budget Chromebook suffered. It’s disposable with a touchscreen enactment too, if you similar to spell hands-on.

Build prime isn’t conscionable integrative either: there’s an aluminium apical cover, portion the reinforced framework offers military-grade (MIL-STD 810H) robustness. Even the trackpad is covered successful Corning Gorilla Glass, truthful shouldn’t conscionable consciousness bully successful usage but won’t get easy scratched either.

Elsewhere there’s Wi-Fi 6 connectivity, portion 2 USB-C (Gen 3.2) ports cater for powerfulness and accelerated transfer. This is precise overmuch a Chromebook for 2021.

The 515's surface dependable excessively large for your needs? Acer has besides refreshed the Chromebook 514 (CB514-2H/T), with its 14-inch panel, present featuring MediaTek’s Kompanio 828 octa-core processor. There’s besides a 360-degree hinge version, the Chromebook Spin 514 (CP514-2H), if you privation that multi-positional surface versatility.

The Acer Chromebook 515 (CB515-1W/T) volition spell connected merchantability successful the European, Middle East and Africa regions from October.

Writing by Mike Lowe. Originally published connected 13 October 2021.