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Originally Posted by VaultBoy
My brother got a chromebook when Google was doing their random giveaway thing for field testing. I would have loved to see it have mobile data. Having either that or a nexus with data sounds really tempting.
I'm almost sold on the idea.
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The strange thing is the new Acer C7 has the 320GB hard drive and costs less ($199) than the new Chromebook ($249) with a 16GB SSD. They will sell the $249 machine with "mobile data - 3G Verizon, 100MB per month for 2 years) for $80 more. ($329) BUT a spokesman says they will not do that for the C7.
Both however will get the free 100GB cloud storage, and the 12 sessions of free Airplane WiFi over 2 years.
There are differences in the machines. The Acer C7 has a ethernet port and 3 USB2 ports. The Chromebook has 2 USB2 ports and 1 USB3 port.
Both have HDMI. Other things are slight difference in weight, etc.
Acer doesn't yet advertise the C7 on their site. It is on Googles.
I was also amazed at the low cost if you wanted more than the 100MB per months. The rates were like half what Verizon charges for 4G and I don't see a Verizon rate plan for 3G.
The other beautiful thing is that you only pay for the extra data when you want. It is not a contract. Really like a MiFi.