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Acer C720, C70P and C740 Chromebook Information

The Acer C720, C70P and C740 Chromebook is a Discontinued Chromebook manufacturered by Acer to target the Consumer market. The Acer C720, C70P and C740 Chromebook was released on September of 2013 and will receive operating system security and feature updates until June of 2019. The Acer C720, C70P and C740 Chromebook currently on sale on Amazon.com(null) for $ null.

The Acer C720, C70P and C740 Chromebook is currently discontinued and will no longer receive operating system updates from Google or the Manufacturer. This could potentially leave your device vulnerable to newly discovered security threats that may go unpatched if discovered after June of 2019. Your device will still continue to function for several years past the EOL date but may not support newer web standards that were released after June of 2019.

Hardware Information

System Specifications

The Acer C720, C70P and C740 Chromebook is a based Chromebook powered by a Intel Celeron 2955U clocked at 1.4 GHz with 2 GB of RAM. As far as built-in storage, the Acer C720, C70P and C740 Chromebook has 16 GB of local disk space. The Acer C720, C70P and C740 Chromebook runs code built for the x86_64 architecture.

Product Status Discontinued
Device Form Factor Chromebook
Processor Intel Celeron 2955U
(Clocked at 1.4 GHz)
Architecture x86_64
RAM 2 GB
Storage 16 GB
Board Codename peppy

Displays

Screen Resolution 11.6 Inch 1280 x 720
Touchscreen No
Stylus Support none

Ports

Front I/O
Rear I/O
Left I/O HeadphoneMicrophone
USBA-20
HDMI
DCIN
Right I/O MicroSD
USBA-20
Kensington

Hardware Controls

  • Power Button Location : Keyboard

Software Information

Linux/Virtualization Support

Most ChromeOS devices manufactured after 2017 officially have the ability to run most Linux GUI and Command Line Applications via the built-in Linux Container system provided by ChromeOS. This feature is activated in the ChromeOS Developer Settings. If you are using a managed ChromeOS device from a school or business, they may restrict the ability to access the ChromeOS Linux runtime.

Linux Support No
Linux GPU Support No
Parallels Support No

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