| 1 | SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Google's latest Chromebook laptop will be specially designed for corporate customers in an effort to get more workers off machines powered by Microsoft's dominant Windows software. |
| 2 | The Chromebook unveiled Thursday will be made by Dell and will go on sale Sept. |
| 3 | 17. Prices will range from $400 to $900, a step up from a line of bare-bones Chromebooks that have been selling for as low as $150 since Google teamed up with Hisense and Haier to make those devices. |
| 4 | The cheap Chromebooks have helped make the laptops popular in classrooms, but they haven't made many inroads in offices. |
| 5 | Google Inc. is trying to win over corporate customers with the Dell Chromebook 13, which offers more flexibility to run a variety of apps that haven't been easily accessible on previous Chromebooks. |
| 6 | The laptops also offer more controls for corporate administrators to limit access and set rules for how workers can use them. |
| 7 | Apple also has been trying to boost corporate sales of its iPad tablet in a year-old partnership with business technology specialist IBM Corp. and a wide variety of office app makers. |
| 8 | Microsoft, meanwhile, is pinning its hopes on Windows 10, a recently released version of the operating system designed to run smoothly on personal computers, tablets and smartphones. |
| 9 | Various PC manufacturers that building Windows machines for decades have been working with Google to design lightweight laptops running on the Chrome operating system since 2011. |
| 10 | The new machine from Dell joins Google's line-up of other high-end, business-focused devices that include the Asus Chromebook Flip and Chromebook Pixel. |