After finding success with its Chromebook 11 in the education market, Dell now wants to hunt the corporate segment with a premium Chromebook. In partnership with Google, the Dell Chromebook 13 comes with a beautiful design, and is made from premium materials . The good news is that the price is much more affordable ($ 399) compared to the Google Chromebook Pixel sold from 999 dollars.
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The design of the Chromebook 13 is much like a mixture of products Dell's existing portfolio. The cover of woven carbon fiber is borrowed premium devices like the Dell XPS 13 and Dell Latitude 12 7000 (E7250), while the frame and hinge are from the Dell Inspiron 5000 and 700 Series.
Nevertheless, to keep her pretty lightweight, 1.47 kg, Dell chose to use a magnesium alloy for the layer where rested the keyboard and trackpad, and aluminum for the chassis.
Performances
Because Dell positions its device as a more affordable alternative to Pixel Google Chromebook 13 may be configured to be extremely powerful for all users looking for big performances . With the $ 399 base configuration, you will find an Intel Celeron fifth-generation processor clocked at 1.50 GHz, 2 GB DDR3 RAM, a graphics card Intel HD Graphics and an antiglare screen 13.3 inch full HD resolution or 1920 x 1080 pixels.
With the most expensive configuration, to 899 dollars, which is only $ 100 cheaper than what Google application for its pixels, you will have an Intel Core i5 processor running at 2.90 GHz, 8 GB of DDR3 RAM, an Intel HD graphics card Graphics and a touch screen of 13.3 inch full HD resolution, protected by Gorilla Glass glass.
It also has a model with an Intel Core i3 chip, and all configurations come with a micro-SD card reader, a headphone output and microphone combo jack, a USB 3.0 port, one USB 2.0 port and an HDMI port for video output. You will have a 720p HD webcam and stereo speakers for multimedia.
All this power stands in a chassis measuring 323.4 x 225.8 x 16.7 mm.
Some of the configurations that will be available at launch:
To satisfy the professional, a backlit keyboard comes standard on the Dell Chromebook 13 . The keyboard comes with shortcut keys for Chrome. There is also a touchpad clickable glass.
Dell also brings experience in the enterprise market for the Chromebook 13 to facilitate the adoption of IT managers. IT administrators can count on Dell KACE for managing the device, and Dell SonicWALL that allows users to connect to corporate networks with secure VPN. For strict corporate environments, IT administrators can rely on subscriptions Dell Content Filter to create firewall and URL filtering rules.
And if you really need access to Windows applications, Dell offers a number of virtual environments that will either allow you to run a complete Windows operating system in the background or virtualize specific applications, such as Microsoft Word or Excel. Dell Chromebook 13 supports desktop virtualization solutions such as Citrix, VMware and Wyse Technology.
The Chromebook 13 will be available from 17 September in the United States and Canada . Unfortunately, Dell did not provide detail on a international deployment.
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The design of the Chromebook 13 is much like a mixture of products Dell's existing portfolio. The cover of woven carbon fiber is borrowed premium devices like the Dell XPS 13 and Dell Latitude 12 7000 (E7250), while the frame and hinge are from the Dell Inspiron 5000 and 700 Series.
Performances
Because Dell positions its device as a more affordable alternative to Pixel Google Chromebook 13 may be configured to be extremely powerful for all users looking for big performances . With the $ 399 base configuration, you will find an Intel Celeron fifth-generation processor clocked at 1.50 GHz, 2 GB DDR3 RAM, a graphics card Intel HD Graphics and an antiglare screen 13.3 inch full HD resolution or 1920 x 1080 pixels.
It also has a model with an Intel Core i3 chip, and all configurations come with a micro-SD card reader, a headphone output and microphone combo jack, a USB 3.0 port, one USB 2.0 port and an HDMI port for video output. You will have a 720p HD webcam and stereo speakers for multimedia.
All this power stands in a chassis measuring 323.4 x 225.8 x 16.7 mm.
Some of the configurations that will be available at launch:
- Celeron 3205U / 2GB RAM / 16GB SSD for $ 399
- Celeron 3205U / 4GB RAM / 16GB SSD for $ 429
- Core i3-5005U / 4GB RAM / 16GB SSD for $ 529
- Core i3-5005U / 8GB RAM / 32GB SSD for $ 629
- Core i3-5005U / 4GB RAM / 32GB SSD + touchscreen to $ 649
- Core i5-5300U / 8GB RAM / 32GB SSD for $ 799
- Core i5-5300U / 8GB RAM / 32GB SSD + touchscreen to 899 dollars
To satisfy the professional, a backlit keyboard comes standard on the Dell Chromebook 13 . The keyboard comes with shortcut keys for Chrome. There is also a touchpad clickable glass.
Dell also brings experience in the enterprise market for the Chromebook 13 to facilitate the adoption of IT managers. IT administrators can count on Dell KACE for managing the device, and Dell SonicWALL that allows users to connect to corporate networks with secure VPN. For strict corporate environments, IT administrators can rely on subscriptions Dell Content Filter to create firewall and URL filtering rules.
The Chromebook 13 will be available from 17 September in the United States and Canada . Unfortunately, Dell did not provide detail on a international deployment.