Acer has announced two new laptops with Windows 10 at a very reasonable price. Called the Aspire One Cloudbook 11 and 14, they're systems designed to be used like a Chromebook, with a focus on cloud storage.
Both the 11 and 14 versions of the Aspire One Cloudbooks series run on Windows 10. They use Intel Celeron processors, with 2 GB RAM and 1366 x 768 LED backlit screens. They also feature 802.11ac wireless, a full size one HDMI port, two USB and one SD card slot.
Systems will be released with a storage disc on 16, 32 or 64 GB, but this in conjunction with 100 GB and 1 TB onedrive cloud storage for one year (subject to agreement). The choice of 1TB storage is for the larger of the two laptops.
Cloudbooks are essentially designed to work the same way as Chromebooks – they don't offer large hard drives, and they rely on the Cloud. Chromebooks have the advantage of running Google's Chrome OS platform, which means they don't use a lot of system resources.
Prices now start at $ 169 for the 11-inch model and go up to $ 199 for the system of 14-in. The smaller laptop will be released later this month, while the larger one will be released in September.
