New Acer, Dell Chromebooks with Intel Core i3 to Sell for $349 / €252

This seems to be the week of the Chromebooks. At a press event in San Francisco, Intel and Google took the opportunity to pledge loyalty to one another and in the process introduced an impressive list of over 20 new computers/notebooks in collaboration with OEM partners like Acer, LG, ASUS, Dell and Lenovo.

One of the most interesting aspects to be outlined here is that this year we’re going to be seeing the first Chrome OS laptops be powered by the Intel Core i3 platform. Acer and Dell will the first companies to offer such products on the market, but others will certainly follow suit soon, says Gizmag.

Google and Intel motivate their decision of slipping Intel Core i3 processors in Chromebooks, by saying customer feedback has showed users crave devices with better performance.

Faster chips will enable owners of future Acer and Dell Chromebook to run multiple apps like Google Hangouts together with other web apps, without breaking a sweat. When they arrive in retail shelves, the new Chromebooks will sell for the heftier $349 / €252.

Anyway, that’s not all the new Chromebooks that will grace us with their presence soon. Acer, ASUS, Dell and Lenovo will all be launching Chromebooks with Intel Bay Trail processors.

The low-power chips will deliver laptops with a longer battery life and low heat generation. It’s worthy to note these will be the first Intel-power Chrome OS laptop to come equipped with fanless designs.

Intel and Google promise up to 11 hours of battery life and note the Bay Trail models will be lighter than Chromebooks running on Haswell chips.

Other interesting features of the new Chromebooks include 802.11ac Wi-Fi and a touchscreen display that folds back 300 degrees, like we saw with the Lenovo N20p consumer Chromebook.

Dell and Acer will be the first to launch Intel Core i3 Chromebooks

For example, Google just added new options like the ability to edit videos and watch movies online onto the Chromebooks. Given the fact that Chromebooks have a very short update cycle, Google has to be very receptive to customers’ needs and complaints, in order to keep them satisfied.

So there you have it, in the upcoming months you will be seeing more than 20 new models arrive on the market, some of which including more powerful processors.