A new Intel Googlebook board called Pelion has turned up in Chromium’s public code. That’s good news for anyone waiting on a cheaper Googlebook. Pelion runs Intel’s Core Series 3 chips, codenamed Wildcat Lake, and it brings the number of boards in development on that platform to nine. If the first wave’s prices kept you on a Chromebook, this is the family to watch. GbookHub found the commits and reported them on November 11. Pelion was made by copying files from Matsu, an existing board in the same Ocelot family, so expect the two to end up close. Pelion’s own…
Author: James
James
James is a senior writer at About Chromebooks, where he reviews new devices and covers ChromeOS updates. He switched to a Chromebook as his main computer more than ten years ago and has since tested well over a hundred models, from budget classroom laptops to premium Chromebook Plus machines. His reviews focus on what matters after months of daily use: battery life, keyboard comfort, and how long a device will keep receiving updates.