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- Acer announced the caller Chromebook Plus Spin 514 astatine IFA successful Berlin this week.
- It's the brand's archetypal exemplary with a MediaTek Kompanio processor, an ARM-compatible chipset.
- It features a 2-in-1 convertible signifier origin with a 14-inch, 2800x1800 solution touchscreen show and up to 17 hours of artillery life.
Acer announced a fistful of caller laptops astatine IFA this week, but its caller Chromebook Plus mightiness beryllium 1 of the astir interesting. The Chromebook Plus Spin 514 is simply a bladed and airy instrumentality moving Google's ChromeOS and an ARM-compatible MediaTek Kompanio Ultra 910 processor for top-end artillery longevity.
Sound familiar? The Lenovo Chromebook Plus came retired earlier this summertime with the aforesaid spot and was 1 of the astir enjoyable Chromebooks I've used, with fantastic artillery beingness and an OLED display, it's wide that brands are investigating the waters with however premium consumers are consenting to spell for a laptop that can't tally Windows oregon MacOS.
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The Acer Spin 514 swaps retired the OLED show for a 2.8K WQXGA+ IPS touchscreen with stylus enactment (sold separately), going the convertible tablet/laptop way instead, portion keeping the terms constituent astatine $699, the apical extremity of what astir radical would see applicable for a Chromebook.
The interior specs are similar. The Spin 514 features an Arm Immortalis G925 MC11 GPU and comes with a 60Hz oregon 120Hz refresh complaint option, the second capping retired astatine 300 nits of brightness. For memory, it's loaded with 16GB of LPDDR5X SDRAM and up to 256GB of UFS 4.0 section storage.
16GB of representation connected a Chromebook allows for a creaseless idiosyncratic acquisition crossed Google's suite of apps, with swift footwear times and responsive multitasking, truthful it's tenable to expect the Spin 514 volition execute similarly. Paired with the MediaTek Kompanio, Acer says you tin expect up to 17 hours of artillery beingness connected 1 charge.
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Physically, the Spin 514 looks similar a emblematic Acer device, with upward-firing speakers connected either extremity of the keyboard and a emblematic metallic aluminum chassis. The show features Acer's signature 360-degree design, connecting some halves of the laptop, and the full happening weighs 2.99 pounds.
Acer's plan aesthetic tends to plaything much toward the utilitarian broadside (not a atrocious thing), and the Spin 514 fits that measure well. The starting retail terms of $699 does request immoderate comparisons, however, arsenic this terms constituent has go progressively competitory implicit the past year. For example, you tin get a 13-inch MacBook Air M3 for astir the aforesaid terms connected sale.
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Still, the Spin 514 is an charismatic Chromebook with 16GB of RAM and an alternatively extended enactment of ports -- particularly for a Chromebook. You get 2 USB-C ports with up to 10Gbps speed, DisplayPort enactment and powerfulness transportation successful each, 2 USB-A 3.2 ports connected the right-hand side, and a headphone jack. There's besides a Kensington fastener slot, making it a coagulated endeavor choice.
The Acer Chromebook Plus Spin 514 volition beryllium disposable successful North America successful October, starting astatine $699.
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