Dell has already established its new Chromebook 13, a laptop that runs Google's Chrome OS.
The company's new Chromebook 13 promises to be the classy and powerful midrange Chromebook. It is currently on sale and Dell will start shipping it later this October. Interested buyers can purchase it at a price starting just $399.
The laptop has a carbon-fiber cover and magnesium alloy chassis is smooth to the touch, and it looks sleek and stylish while still managing to feel seriously sturdy. The notebook feels quite light at 3.23 pounds. Chromebook 13 features a 13.3 inch Full HD LCD with matte 1920 × 1080 screen resolution.
It is powered by an Intel Celeron 3205U processor, paired with 2GB of RAM and a 16GB SSD. As for connectivity: on the right side of the notebook is a USB 2.0 port, and the left side houses the charging port, an HDMI port, one USB 3.0 port, a microSD card slot and a combo headphone and microphone jack.
The integrated 6-cell 67Whr battery offers more than 12 hours of run time on a charge, depending on how the user is using the machine, Venture Beat reported. As for speed, the Chromebook 13 has improved specs and a better Chrome OS experience all-around, letting users have a lot of tabs open as well as apps like Citrix Receiver at once without many problems.
Since Chromebook 13 runs under Chrome OS, users will be able to use more apps and features from Google. One of the features Dell and Google collaborated on is the use of Citrix Receiver virtualization on Chrome OS, which allows companies to give employees access to remote Windows desktops through Chrome.
There are other Chromebook 13 versions, according to Computerworld, and they are: $449 with 4GB of RAM upgrade, $529 model with a Core i3 processor, $629 model that doubles the local storage from 16GB to 32GB and adds a touch-capable display, $649 version with 8GB of RAM, and $899 with an FHD touchscreen, a Core i5 processor, 8GB of RAM, and a 32GB SSD.