Chromebook 13 - a new corporate outreach?

This week, Google and Dell unveiled the latest Chromebook – the Chromebook 13, which will be out for sale on September 17th with prices ranging from $399 to $899. Until now, consumer options for Chromebooks were the low-end laptops so popular in classrooms or the high-end, expensive Pixel. This one might be called a mid-ranger with an eye toward business users.

The Chromebook 13 is designed to allow corporate administrators more controls to limit access and set specific rules on how workers can use them. With specs above just about every other Chromebook, except the Pixel, it looks and feels premium. The 13 inch, matte IPS display is sharp with accurate color reproduction, combining with it’s magnesium alloy palm rest, glass track pad, carbon fiber weave back panel and aluminum build to give an overall impression of quality. With configuration options of Intel core i3 or i5 processors, up to 8GB of memory and a Gorilla Glass touch screen display.

Google and Dell hope that this new offering will win the hearts and dollars of corporate types who are committed to Google services. Baked into the software is a high-security VPN program and/or a virtual workspace to allow workers to access Windows.

Microsoft, meanwhile is banking heavily on the new Windows 10 platform to attract more enterprise business and Apple is betting on it’s year-old partnership with IBM to push sales of its iPad geared towards business users. The battle for the corporate dollar is heating up and, hopefully, the enterprise divisions of companies will be the better for it.

Sources: The Hullabaloo.com The Verge

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Married to my best friend since 1987. We have six grand-children and three great-grandchildren. Began writing for Bane-Tech August 2014, due to an ever-growing passion for mobile and Android in particular. Computer programmer 1981 to 2015. Currently retired. Active You Tuber (Mobile Geezer: Twitter - https://twitter.com/MobileGeezer Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/mobilegeezer/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/MobileGeezer Google Plus - https://plus.google.com/b/106433550154529693622/?pageId=106433550154529693622). Sax player and singer in various bands (rock and R&R) since the mid 60's. Avid motorcycle rider (Gold Wing), bicyclist and exercise enthusiast. Extreme lover of driving and biking (motorcycle). The more thousand miles the trip, the happier I am as the driver. Dedicated, Bible-believing Christian who makes no judgments on others .