Don’t miss out! Amazon’s best-selling Chromebook has a 24% price cut for Prime Day, and even has free Google One for a whole year
You wouldn’t believe the Asus Chromebook CX1 has such an affordable price tag
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If you’re looking for an ultra-affordable laptop then consider theAsus Chromebook CX1, the best selling Chromebook during the ongoingPrime Dayand one whose price dropped to $189.99 from $249.99, a saving of $60 or 24%. It is available exclusively for Amazon Prime Members on Prime Big Deal Days and is shipped from and sold by Amazon.
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Why is it such a hit? Well the CX1 packs some surprisingly good features like 8GB RAM and a full HD 15.6-inch display. What’s more, Asus has built it to meet military grade standard, the MIL-STD-810H, popular amongst rugged laptops.
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Asus Chromebook CX1:was$249.99now$189.99 at AmazonThe CX1 is surprisingly well configured for a laptop of this price with 8GB of RAM, 11-hour battery life and a full HD display. I love the design and also the fact that it comes with 1-year subscription to Google One 100GB.
It runs onChromeOS,Google’s own superfast and supersafeoperating system, in lieu of Windows and is perfect if you spend your time - like me - in a browser with dozens of tabs opened. As a bonus, yo also get full access toGoogle Play.
I like the MacBook Pro-esque design, and am particularly happy with the fact that there’s one Type-C connector on each side of the device to help with power - other manufacturers should take note.
There’s also a microSD card slot, an audio jack and two other USB Type A port plus 802.11ac and Bluetooth 5.2. Can’t fault the CX1 (CX1500CKA-AS84F) for connectivity. What’s more, Asus says its battery life will last up to 11 hours and there’s even one year freeGoogle Onewith 100GB cloud storage worth $20.
So where have corners been cut then? Well, it uses eMMC, which is slower than SSD and there’s only 64GB of it (hence why there’s a microSD card slot). The Celeron N4500 CPU is also quite slow but should be enough for most tasks.
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