By Jacob Grana
Introduction and design
The thesaurus-eschewing Chromebook 14 for Work is the latest enterprise laptop to come out of Acer. While the name isn’t winning the Taiwanese company any prizes for creativity, at least it provides pertinent facts about the device: what it is (a Chromebook), the size of its screen (14 inches) and who it’s for (people who wear collared shirts).
Don’t bother checking the Acer store for this high-end enterprise configuration – the Chromebook 14 for Work is only being sold through the company’s commercial sales channel. However, Acer is making the less-powerful Chromebook 14 (period) available for retail purchase.
In addition to its sales strategy, the 14 for Work differs from its regular Acer Chromebook brethren in looks and power. Instead of the consumer version’s aluminum alloy chassis, the 14 for Work features a customizable Corning Gorilla Glass top cover. And while retail Acer Chromebooks get a Core i3 or Celeron processor, the 14 for Work sports a 6th-gen Core i5 processor under its hood.
Thanks also to its 8GB of RAM and 32GB of storage, the 14 for Work brings enough power to go toe-to-toe with any of the Chromebook strongmen, like the Chromebook Pixel ($999, £799, about …read more
Source:: techradar.com – PC and Mac
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