Acer’s new Chromebook Spin 514 has faster AMD Ryzen processors and NVMe SSDs
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The new Spin 514 features two upward-firing speakers. | Image: Acer Acer is launching a new version of its Chromebook Spin 514 for 2022 with support for the latest AMD Ryzen 5000 C-series processors. The 14-inch 2-in-1 laptop will launch in Q3 2022 with a $579.99 starting price, which is significantly higher than the 2021 model. But the price hike might be justified if you want a faster Chromebook. Acer says that these Zen 3 processors are performance-oriented" with AMD Radeon graphics. Speedy PCIe 3.0 NVMe storage is also built into each configuration, which trounces the slower eMMC storage used in last year's model.
The starting model of the Spin 514 has a 14-inch 1080p touchscreen, AMD's Ryzen 3 5125C, 8GB of dual-channel LPDDR4X RAM, and 128GB of NVMe SSD storage. Prices weren't disclosed for...