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Acer Chromebox Information

The Acer Chromebox is a discontinued Chromebox manufacturered by Acer to target the Consumer market. The Acer Chromebox was released on August 20 of 2014 and will receive operating system security and feature updates until September 30 of 2019.

The Acer Chromebox 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 30 of 2029. 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 30 of 2029.

Pricing and Availability

Amazon

The Acer Chromebox is currently not available on Amazon.com. Since this is a discontinued Chromebox, it is not likely that it will be restocked on Amazon. If you still wish to purchase this model, you will need to look at the used market.

eBay

eBay is one of the largest marketplaces for both new and used ChromeOS. You can check to see if this Chromebox is available for sale on eBay by clicking here and searching for the "Acer Chromebox".

Hardware Information

System Specifications

The Acer Chromebox is a x86_64 based Chromebox powered by a Intel Celeron 2957U clocked at 1.4 GHz with 4 GB of RAM. As far as built-in storage, the Acer Chromebox has 16 GB of local disk space. The Acer Chromebox runs code built for the x86_64 architecture.

Product Status Active
Manufacturer Acer
Device Form Factor Chromebox
Processor Intel Celeron 2957U
(Clocked at 1.4 GHz)
Architecture x86_64
RAM 4 GB
Storage 16 GB
Board Codename mccloud

Ports

Panel Port List
Front I/O PowerButton, MicroSD, 2xvUSB30, HeadphoneMicrophone
Rear I/O Ethernet, 2xvUSB20, USBA-30, HDMI, USBC-Full, DCIN, Kensington, HWRESET

Hardware Controls

  • Power Button Location : Keyboard

Software Information

ChromeOS Features

ChromeOS Plus false

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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