Google announces new Acer C7 Chromebook available Nov. 13 for $199

The Acer C7 is positioned price-wise below the two available Samsung models, yet has some distinctive features that many may find appealing. The first major difference is on-board storage, as its predecessor had only a 16GB SSD (just like the current Samsung models), we did not think Google would stray from the push to get people to use Google Drive. As such, our guess was that there would not be a big bump, if any, in on-board storage. Our guess was just a wee-bit off the mark, as the C7 holds a 320GB HDD. The older AC700 also supported 3G connectivity, but that feature is not present on the C7. Couple that with the price point, and our assessment about where this Chromebook would sit in the hierarchy of offerings was also off the mark.
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The Acer C7 will be available tomorrow in the US on Google Play and BestBuy.com with in-store stock arriving later this week at Best Buy. For the UK, it will be available through Google Play, Amazon UK, PC World and Curry’s.
Is the price of this new Chromebook enough to entice you to give Chrome OS a spin?
source: Google Chrome Blog