Lenovo has announced the N21, a Chromebook in Bay Trail with a hardened chassis, able to withstand shocks. This is actually an evolution of the current S20-30 Windows 8.1 with a small price increase and some changes, including an SSD, which replaces the old mechanical hard drive.

The Lenovo N21 is the new Lenovo Chromebook to the education market. As such, its chassis is reinforced to withstand drops from 70cm – Lenovo even offering an additional guarantee to cover such damage – the ports are reinforced to avoid damaging when inserting the connectors. The keyboard is also strengthened to make it more difficult to remove the keys and it is waterproof, preventing spills over to spread on electronic parts. The computer does not carry a fan, avoiding the need for vents on the underside. In short, a computer capable of being abused by children and adolescents.

Under this frame Ultra Resistant 1.27 kg, find a system built around an Intel Celeron N2840 chip family Bay Trail. The program features two cores running at 2.16 GHz capable of reaching 2.58 GHz in turbo mode. He will be assisted by 2 or 4 GB of RAM depending on the version. Storage is supported by eMMC chip 16GB. The 11.6-inch screen (720p) antiglare contains a rotating webcam to take selfies of … 1 megapixel. Lenovo N21 makes up the autonomy which theoretically reached 9.5 hours.

For the price of Lenovo N21, it comes to $ 219 for version 2 GB of RAM and $ 239 for the 4GB version.

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