Dell's New Chromebook 13 Launched for 'Google for Work' Programme
Google's latest
Chromebook laptop will be specially designed for corporate customers in an
effort to get more workers off machines powered by Microsoft's dominant Windows
software.
The Chromebook unveiled Thursday
will be made by Dell and will go on sale Sept. 17. Prices will range from
$400 to $900 (roughly Rs. 26,000 to Rs. 58,500), a step up from a line of
bare-bones Chromebooks that have been selling for as low as $150 (roughly Rs.
9,750) since Google teamed up with Hisense and Haier to make those devices.
The cheap Chromebooks have
helped make the laptops popular in classrooms, but they haven't made many
inroads in offices.
Google Inc. is
trying to win over corporate customers with the Dell Chromebook 13, which
offers more flexibility to run a variety of apps that haven't been easily
accessible on previous Chromebooks. The laptops also offer more controls for
corporate administrators to limit access and set rules for how workers can use
them.
Apple also has been trying to
boost corporate sales of its iPad tablet in a year-old partnership with
business technology specialist IBM Corp. and a wide variety of office app makers.
Microsoft, meanwhile, is pinning its hopes on Windows 10,
a recently released version of the operating system designed to run smoothly on
personal computers, tablets and smartphones.
Various PC manufacturers that
building Windows machines for decades have been working with Google to design
lightweight laptops running on the Chrome operating system since 2011. The new
machine from Dell joins Google's line-up of other high-end, business-focused
devices that include the Asus Chromebook Flip and Chromebook Pixel.
The Chromebooks will
remain a part of Google later this year after the company splinters under an
umbrella organization called Alphabet Inc. that will oversee a hodgepodge of
businesses and experimental projects delving into medical research, city
management, drone delivery and driverless cars.
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