Do you wanna touch?
Acer's new Chromebase DC221HQ begs two questions. The first one is, are you interested in an all-in-one desktop running Google's cloud-oriented Chrome OS? And if so, do you want touch functionality? If you answered yes to both questions, you're a prime candidate for a system like this.
There are actually two models of the Chromebase DC221HQ series -- one with touch and one without. So even if you answered yes to just the first question, there's something to look at here. For everyone else, it's just another Chrome OS machine trying to carve out a place in a world run by Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux.
Let's assume you're interested. Both models sport a 21.5-inch Full HD 1080p display powered by Nvidia's Tegra K1 quad-core processor, 4GB of DDR3-1600 memory, and Kepler graphics. They also feature 16GB of built-in storage flanked by a microSD card slot, an HD webcam, a pair of 3W speakers, HDMI output, USB 3.0 and 2.0 ports, 802.11n Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 4.0 wireless connectivity, and of course Chrome OS. The systems also come with USB keyboard and mouse.
The Chromebase without touch will be available this month for $330 MSRP while the touch version will debut next month for $430 MSRP.
It's an interesting product, though like Chromebooks, the likely candidates for a machine like this will probably be students. The question is, will they prefer this over a cheaper Chromebook? We'll have to wait and see.
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