Acer’s new flagship Chromebook is the all-aluminum Spin 713

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  The Spin 713. [credit: Acer ]

Acer's newest Chromebook is the Chromebook Spin 713, the company's replacement for the Spin 13 laptop from 2018. This is a premium, aluminum two-in-one that sports a 10th-gen Intel processor and starts at $629.99.

The specs include a 13.5-inch, 2256*1504 IPS LCD touchscreen with a 3:2 aspect ratio, a 10th-gen Intel processor, up to 16GB of RAM, up to 256GB of SSD (NVMe or eMMC) storage, and "10 hours" of battery life. At the baseline $629.99 price, you'll get an Intel i5-10210U processor, 8GB of RAM, and a 128GB eMMC SSD.

The touchscreen and trackpad both get Gorilla Glass covers, and the hinge flips a full 360 degrees. On the sides, you get two USB-C ports, a full-size HDMI port, a headphone jack, a USB 3 Type-A port, and a MicroSD card reader. Both USB-C ports support charging, 5Gbps transfers, and DisplayPort of USB-C. There's a backlit keyboard, bottom stereo speakers, dual-band Wi-Fi 6, and Bluetooth 5. The laptop is 16.8mm thick and weighs 1.37kg (3.02 lbs).

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