Asus announces new Chromebox 4 with 10th Gen Intel processors

Asus has announced its freshly Chromebox 4, a miniskirt PC that runs Chromium-plate OS.

Visually, the Chromebox 4 looks fairly similar to its predecessor (the Chromebox 3). Both are black with the Asus logo in the middle and the Chrome logo in the top nigh corner. It's also the same size up — 5.85 x 5.85 x 1.58 inches — but Asus has made a larger-than-life change under the hood. Where the Chromebox 3 was powered by 8th Gen Intel processors, the Chromebox 4 offers 10th Gen Intel processors. Asus says these will deliver "faster, smoother and more energy-efficient performance."

*The Chromebox 4 comes with a new lockable VESA mount and a 65W power transcriber.*

The virgin Chromebox potty admit an Intel Celeron 5205U or one of leash Intel Core processors: an i3-10110U, an i5-10210U, or an i7-10510U. (Those are 15W TDP).

For other specs, you can configure the Chromebox 4 with 4GB operating theatre 8GB of memory (DDR4-SO-DIMM) and up to 256GB of storage (via an M.2 SATA SSD). There are ports galore — including HDMI 2.0, USB-C 3.2 Gen 1 (supporting magnate delivery and DisplayPort), and USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A — which can bear out up to three 4K displays at once. The system supports dual-band 802.11ax Wi-Fi 6 and includes a fan.

Like other Chrome OS devices, the Chromebox 4 supports Google Play. That means you'll be able to use Android apps natively on the gimmick. Whether you'll actually deprivation to do this depends happening your workflow — some Android apps ravel fine on Chrome OS devices, while others are glitchy and useless. Speaking of Chrome OS, you'll also get automatic software and surety updates, so you father't have to set aside time to download and re-start as you would with Windows or Mac machines.

The Chromebox 4 volition be available in North America in December starting at $289.