Dell Chromebook 13 laptop improves battery life for business users
Chromebooks have established themselves as light-duty consumer models and a surprisingly popular choice for school. But even in schools, teachers were asking for better-quality machines. Google needs this professional-quality Chromebook to make significant inroads into the corporate world as well as education, and Dell has everything to gain from offering a high-quality Chromebook choice to its enterprise customers
Dell has improves its new Chromebook’s screen and battery life for the business market. The new Dell Chromebook 13 laptop has a 13.3-inch screen and resembles the other business-class Latitude Dell laptops, with a carbon fiber weave cover, magnesium alloy palm rest and aluminum base.
Like other Chromebooks, it runs Google’s Chrome OS and is designed to be used primarily for Web applications. Unlike other Dell notebooks, it has no hard drive, aside from a small 16GB or 32GB SSD to hold the operating system.
Dell doesn’t expect that this Chromebook will replace full-fledged Windows-based notebooks. In particular, organizations with many mobile workers may find Chromebooks appealing, as would those organizations that rely entirely on Web applications. The Chromebook 13 can also support desktop virtualization software from Dell or Citrix as well, allowing workers to remotely access their desktop applications. Dell has also arranged to support the device with its enterprise software. Administrators can keep track of the devices through Dell’s KACE inventory management software.
Dell Chromebook 13 slated to start shipping in September, offers up to 12 hours of Dell gk479 battery life, and can boot up in less than 6 seconds. The device runs either Intel Core i3 or i5 processors and can come with up to 8GB of working memory. It has a 720p HD video webcam. Chromebook 13 comes with several advancements over its predecessor, Chromebook 11, which had an 11-inch screen and offered an estimated 7 hours of Dell inspiron 9400 laptop battery life.
For mobile workers, the device can work with the Dell SonicWall Mobile Connect virtual private network app, providing a way to connect through a firewall into a corporate network. Laptop users can tap into their applications through the Dell Wyse vWorkspace desktop virtualization software.
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[…] Chromebooks have established themselves as light-duty consumer models and a surprisingly popular choice for school. But even in schools, teachers were asking for better-quality machines. Google needs this professional-quality Chromebook to make significant inroads into the corporate world as well as education, and Dell has everything to gain from offering a high-quality Chromebook choice to its … […]