- 11.6” HD glossy screen
- Intel N2830 2.4GHz Processor
- 720p HD camera
- Fingerprint resistant cover
- One-piece seamless chiclet keyboard
- Large touchpad with multi-finger gesture support
- Weighs just 1.13kg
- 100GB Google Drive storage (Free for 2 years)
Asus C200 Chromebook $249 Plus Delivery - Shopping Express
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Wow that opens up these cheap pcs quite a bit.
HD (720p) or full HD (1080p) screen?
edit: from full specs: (1366x768)
$249
Display 11.6" 16:9 HD/GL/LED (1366x768)
Full specs can be found here: http://www.asus.com/au/Notebooks_Ultrabooks/ASUS_Chromebook_…
I have a XPS12 with a 12" fullHD screen & it is next to useless with win7 unless I sit 45cm or less from the screen, so on that size screen 768 is perfect.
I have an old 1024x768 4:3 9.7" tablet. It looks rubbish at lap distances. Well, it looked good in it's day, but compared to my new phone it looks rubbish. I'd want a chromebook to sit in my lap most times, and I'd not want it to look rubbish. If I was buying something now, I'd want 1080p. But yeah, I'll probably need to spend more than $249. For now.
Real world situation where you need word and excel on a 12" HD screen the text is just too small, web browser and most other things no issue, but I bought my xps12 for work. Most of the time I have it docked to a 27"
Yeah I wouldn't get a chromebook for 'real work'. Except maybe ssh into my server or something, but then the font setting can be modified so I can have both largish text AND clear text, if it was 1080p.
Pretty good ppi on a 11.6" screen and for the price, heck, even most computers under $600-$1000. I don't get the screen ppi snobs here with wishful thinking. Please link some systems with better screen res cheaply.
I've played around with a few Chromebooks (from Acer, Samsung and Asus). The Asus were the pick of the bunch for me- seemed to have the best build quality of the lot and were the cheapest to boot.
For $249 this is a good deal too- pretty sure we paid around $300 each for our C200s
Where were you able to have a play around with the asus chromebook ? The only ones that they sell at big retailers are HP, Lenovo, Samsung and Acer. WOuld love to have a play around with the touch screen ones.
I have contacts in the Education sector, we are able to get 'loan' devices to evaluate before committing to a big purchase
I personally like a lot of the Asus range in notebooks/ultrabooks/hybrids and even tablets and smartphones Have purchased quite a few for myself, friends and family, with not many issues. They offer good value for money, with good designs and decent build quality.
Some months back when the Toshiba Chromebook came out it got me interested as I like a light thin notebook with great battery life for trips away, mainly for internet/emails and light work. Because I was not in a hurry, I read lot's of reviews and compared all the current models to date ( was 6 months ago when Asus was only rumored to be bringing out a 11.6" and 13" model ). The HP 14 Chromebook 4GB ram model had good reviews, and after looking and playing with all of them, decided the HP 14 was for me. Really solid build with no flex, hence a little heavier @1.8 Kg. but you do get a large battery for that, which almost equals the runtime of the smaller screen Toshiba 13". I love the faster Haswell CPU in both the Toshi and HP, super zippy with Haswell graphics. For me the bigger screen is a good compromise, but this 11.6" Asus would suit some students and road worriers better if have good eyesight or reading glasses.
100GB Google Drive storage (Free for 2 years)
so there is no hard drive?
and after 2 years you need another storage medium.
maybe they are cheap?am trying to work out the pros and cons.
With the capacity and speeds of SD/Micro SD cards getting larger, faster and cheaper, that should not be a problem. I have the HP Chromebook 14 with only 16GB ssd ( 11GB usable ), but have a good fast 128GB SDXC Micro SDXC in it. Who knows, it might even take higher capacity cards that are already out up to 1TB or even 2TB, as that is the max supported by the reader. Although not as fast as a Sata 3 SSD or even a spinning disk HHD, they are getting faster and have the advantage of swapping it out for other gadgets or whatever. Do your research first and make sure it has a fast interface high capacity SD/XC card reader, and like the MacBooks/Airs, if your SD card sticks out, you can get a SD to SHORT Micro/SD adaptor for a few bucks, at the moment up to 64GB, maybe more, but bound to improve soon.
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/181544468599?var=480506491182&ssP…
Good price.
You can also install most Android apps on it now.
Archon.md custom runtime is required.
https://github.com/vladikoff/chromeos-apk/blob/master/archon…