Although many people think of them as older participants in the portable computing market, the fact is that Chromebooks based on Google’s Chrome OS first went on sale in June of 2011–not long ago. Since then, portable systems based on Chrome OS have done fairly well, selling particularly well over the holidays, and helping to introduce many consumers to the basics of cloud computing.
Acer has been one of the permanent players in Chrome OS portables, but the company has now announced a desktop flavor. Its Chromebase device is announced right after Google and partners unveiled a new line of Chrome-related products targeted to launch shortly.
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