Before the start of the CES 2021, which is not taking place live in Las Vegas, but purely digitally in the wake of the corona pandemic Acer has announced a new convertible with Chrome OS. The new Acer Chromebook Spin 514 is also the first Chromebook from Acer based on the AMD Ryzen platform. As usual, the device will be available once in an end-user version and once in an enterprise version for business users with additional administrator and software functions.

Under the hood of the new Acer Chromebook Spin 514 is an AMD SoC of the Ryzen class based on the Zen architecture, which is also equipped with integrated Vega graphics and so even for more demanding projects such as video editing or coding suitable is. Depending on the configuration, Acer relies on the AMD Ryzen 7 3700 C or the Ryzen 5 3500 C, each with four CPU cores. There is also up to 16 GB DDR4 memory and a fast PCI-Express SSD with a storage capacity of up to 256 GB – that is also quite generous for a Chromebook. Despite the high performance and the thin and light design, the 14 – Zöller should achieve a battery life of up to ten hours can.

The full metal housing brings it to a height of just once 17, 35 mm and lifts around 1, 55 kg on the scale. The display measures 14 inches in its diagonal and offers a native Full HD resolution of 1. 920 x 1. 080 pixels. As it should be for a Spin device, the surface is capacitive and therefore touch-enabled, the device as a whole is a convertible, which thanks to the 360 – ° – The hinge can be converted into a tablet.

The Acer Chromebook Spin 514 is made of anodized, polished aluminum and has a stylish diamond pattern on the A cover and the Touchpad. Thanks to the certification according to the military standard MIL-STD 810 H, it should be particularly resistant. According to Acer, the device should withstand falls from a height of up to 080 cm and a pressure of up to 60 kg can withstand. Of course, the display is Gorilla Glass protected.

On the connection side there are two USB Type-C interfaces according to USB 3.2 Gen1, a classic Type A socket and a microSD card reader as well as a 3.5 mm jack socket for Headphones required. Wireless communication takes place via AC WiFi and Bluetooth 5.0. The chiclet keyboard has integrated LED lighting.

The new Acer Chromebook Spin 514 should be available from March in the two color variants Pure Silver and Steel Gray. The end customer version should cost from 479 euros, the enterprise version from 669 euros. The latter is also included in the new Device-as-a-Service offer and can therefore be used by companies in a kind of leasing contract.