As a part of its typical autumn laptop computer refresh, Acer is saying a bunch of recent Chromebook right this moment that’ll roll out within the coming months. There are 4 fashions being refreshed right this moment: the Chromebook Spin 514, Chromebook 515, Chromebook 514, and Chromebook Spin 314. That’s a whole lot of product names, however Spin units can flip round with a 360-degree hinge, and the final two digits denote the display screen dimension. That ought to hopefully floor you as we undergo these new fashions.

Most attention-grabbing might be the Spin 514 (pictured above), which mixes a 14-inch 1080p touchscreen that has minimal bezels with Intel’s Eleventh-generation Core i3, i5 or i7 processors. This laptop computer has no followers, which suggests these in all probability aren’t the highest-powered variations of Intel’s chips, however they need to nonetheless present strong efficiency for Chrome OS. Acer additionally put some give attention to the webcam, a sensible alternative given how we’re all nonetheless caught on movies requires the foreseeable future. It’s a 1080p digicam with a blue glass filter and new noise-reduction expertise to take away issues like mild flares. We’ll need to see how this works in follow, however given what number of laptops have completely mediocre webcams, any enhancements right here might be welcome.

Other specs embrace as much as 16GB of RAM, as much as 512GB of storage, Intel Iris X graphics and 10 hours of battery life. The Spin 514 weighs in at 3 kilos, so it isn’t going to be the lightest factor to make use of in pill mode, however in any other case it sounds prefer it’ll be an excellent Chromebook — it additionally merely appears good and well-built, a minimum of so far as I can inform from these photos. And Acer has a strong observe file of constructing superb Chromebooks, so hopefully that’ll proceed right here. The Spin 514 is anticipated to reach within the US in January and begins at $700.

Acer’s Chromebook 515 (which is available in client and enterprise editions) has comparable specs to the Spin 514, although it has a bigger 15.6-inch show. Given the big dimension, this laptop computer is not a convertible, which might be a wise transfer. For a 15-inch laptop computer, although, it is fairly mild — solely 3.75 kilos. It comes with the identical Eleventh-generation processor choices because the Spin 514, although it additionally has a price range Pentium Gold possibility (paired with Intel’s UHD graphics fairly than the Iris X). The Chromebook 515 will initially be obtainable in Europe this month for €499; the Enterprise model will come to the US in January 2022 beginning at $640.

Acer has a couple of cheaper Chromebooks popping out, as properly. The Chromebook Spin 314 begins at $500 and arrives within the US in November. For that worth, you may get a 14-inch display screen with an unlucky 1,366 x 768 decision, which is fairly unacceptable within the 12 months 2021. It additionally options price range processors within the type of Intel’s Pentium Gold or two Celeron choices and has a 360-degree hinge, because the title implies. More intriguing is the Chromebook 514, which pairs a 14-inch, 1080p show with MediaTek’s 8-core Kompanio 828 processor and 8GB of RAM. We have not examined a MediaTek Chromebook shortly, so we won’t say for positive the way it’ll carry out but. But Acer is promising 15 hours of battery life, and the laptop computer weighs lower than 3 kilos, so it does have some potential as a price range Chromebook (the 514 will price $400 when it’s launched in December).