It’s often more difficult to trace the differences between old and new Chromebooks given their wild release timelines. For Acer’s part, the all-new Spin 514 Chromebook is expected to ship alongside the Spin 513 – the company’s first with Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c silicon – but towing AMD’s 3rd gen Ryzen mobile processors instead.

Acer did not say how it configures the CPU and memory SKUs, but we do know it will offer the Spin 514 with the Ryzen 5 and Ryzen 7 quad-core chipsets as well as AMD Radeon Vega or RX Vega Mobile graphics. . We do know, however, that it will cost $ 480 and up – a bounty of $ 80 over the Snapdragon-powered Spin 513.

The 360 ​​° swivel touchscreen changes from 13.3 “to 14” format, featured by Gorilla Glass 3 and supported by aluminum construction with MIL-STD 810H durability. While it’s good to know that tests have certified that the Spin 514 can withstand drops of up to 1.2 m (4 feet) and an applied weight of up to 60 kg (132 pounds), we do not recommend freely testing these limits. Sand and dust infiltration were tested to the lower standard 810F.

There are also all the trimmings of Chrome OS like quick boots and a pretty good battery for a 10 hour day. Fleet managers who want to deploy this machine to their staff can use contactless enrollment – all the staff need to do is connect their Enterprise Spin 514 to the internet and they’ll be instantly enrolled in the administrative backend.

Similar to the Spin 513, the 514 will be released to US customers starting next month and in EMEA markets in March starting at € 529. The Enterprise Spin 514 will be available worldwide in March starting at $ 750 or € 799.