Google Chromeboxes Shipping Mid-Month

March 7, 2014 by Dave Haynes

If you want to start tinkering with one of those $179 Asus Chromeboxes that Google is touting for digital signage, they are now up for pre-order on Amazon and shipping will start mid-month. Shipping is free.

They come with:

• Intel Celeron 2955U Processor
• 2GB DDR3 RAM
• 16 GB Solid State Drive
• Chrome OS

Still waiting on Google to answer a stack of questions sent to them post-DSE, but assured they will respond. And of course, up here among the moose and mounds of stubby beer bottles, the units are not yet listed for sale. So if you want one and you are in Canada (and probably elsewhere), tap your American connections.

Not convinced these things will do the job? Here’s some already in use via Rise Vision and Rise Display …