The Atom Chromebooks are the first generation Chromebooks. Both the Series 5 550[1] and the Chromebox use Celeron processors, of which the current models are ba

The Atom Chromebooks are the first generation Chromebooks. Both the Series 5 550[1] and the Chromebox use Celeron processors, of which the current models are based off of Sandy Bridge[2]. There currently aren't any low-powered Ivy Bridge mobile processors, and the cheapest standard powered one is nearly three times what the Sandy Bridge Celerons cost[3] (and is probably overkill for just browsing the web). 1: http://amzn.com/B007Y8DJ22 http://amzn.com/B007Y8DJ22 2: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_Celeron_microprocessors#Sandy_Bridge_based_Celerons_2 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_Celeron_microproc... 3: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivy_Bridge_%28microarchitecture%29#Mobile_processors http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivy_Bridge_%28microarchitecture...