LAS VEGAS—A few months ago, Samsung lowered the price of its Series 5 Chromebook. Who knew it was in preparation to release a second-generation product. And remember the elusive Chromebox, which was announced back in spring 2011? It finally has a release date.

According to Engadget, the next-gen Series 5 will be more or less the same with the exception of the bump up from an Intel Atom processor to an Intel Celeron. Also, the new Chromebook has ditched the glossy lid for one that is matte finished. The notebook will still sport the same 16GB of storage, as it primarily relies on the cloud to store your documents, and a 12.1-inch (300-nitt) widescreen display. The second-generation Series 5 Chromebook is slated for release in Q2 of this year. The Chromebook will run you about $399 for Wi-Fi and $449 for 3G.

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Less is known about the Chromebox. The only information that has been given is that it will have a wireless keyboard and mouse. Five USB 2.0 ports, DVI and DisplayPort video outputs, and a headphone jack. This little nettop will cost you about $400 upon launch. However, for the same price, there are home-theater computers available that provide a more familiar and complete PC experience for users, as both the Chromebox and Chromebook run a browser-based operating system in the same vein as Google's Chrome. Granted, if you're only planning on going on the Internet and watching web-based videos, then I could understand the appeal. The Chromebox is slated for release in Q2 of 2012.