The Chromebook battles are finally starting to get a little interesting. Over the last few months there have been some pretty interesting Chromebook devices to come from a variety of OEM’s. Lenovo pushed out the N20p convertible and Acer announced the ChromeBook 13 with the NVIDIA Tegra K1. Toshiba is stepping back into the ring with their aptly named Chromebook 2.
Spec wise you are looking at:
- 13.3-inch 16:9 display in either a 1366 x 768p offering or a 1920 x 1080p offering
- Intel Celeron Processor
- 16GB internal storage
- 100GB free Google Drive storage
- 4GB DDR3L or 2GB DDR3 RAM (model dependent)
- 1 HDMI out
- 1 USB 2.0
- 1 YUSB 3.0
- SD/SDHC card slot
- Headphone/mic combo jack
- 802.11ac+agn
- Bluetooth 4.0
- HD Webcam with dual mics
- Skullcandy stero speakers
- 11.5 hours battery life on the 768p version and 9 hours battery life on the 1080p version
Toshiba has the new Chromebook 2 pegged for an October 5th release here in the states with a price tag of $249.99 on the 2GB of RAM 768p version and $329.99 for the 4GB of RAM 1080p version.
Source: Toshiba PressÂ
