Asus announced this morning a new Chromebox with a few more ponies under the hood. Just a five months after Google announced that new Chromebooks would feature Haswell processors, the new Chromebox will house either an i3-4010U or Celeron 2955U Haswell processor also. There is an i7 variant but, sadly, that's not going to be available in the US. The Chromebox will have options for 2GB or 4GB of RAM and will come with integrated Intel HD graphics. The standard 16GB SSD with 100GB Google Drive storage is onboard. It will come with both ethernet and 802.11 b/g/n dual-band WiFi, four USB 3.0 ports, Bluetooth 4.0 and an SD card reader.There is both an HDMI and Display Port.
The Chromebox will come with a VESA display mount. There is also a wireless keyboard and mouse option for an extra price. As far as what to expect, the device functions just like previous generation Chromeboxs and Chromebooks. It will boost up almost instantaneously, and will feature the cloud-based services that the Chrome OS is famous for. The boxes will start shipping in March and will be available starting at $179.
source: PC World
” It will come with both ethernet and 802.11 b/g/n dual-band WiFi”
So only b/g/n, no WiFi ac then, not much use in Europe then over next few years – who stills uses WiFi b/g/n routers?????
Maybe because here in North America (or at least Canada, ON) our main internet providers give us mediocre speed and crap plans (caps and whatnot) for premium prices (minus Google Fiber in a few places, of course). Not really sure, but that much is true.
I’m waitin’ on google to make that oustanding 500 dollar laptop with beast specs, that will be perfect for coding and web development, lol.