ASUS To Launch The ‘Most Affordable Google Chromebook To Date’

[froggyboy604]

 
ASUS is gearing up to launch the ‘most affordable Chromebook to date’, according to a listing featured in an American educational reseller catalog.
 
Dubbed the ASUS C201, the new Chromebook is powered by an RK3288 ARM processor from Chinese company Rockchip, comes with 2GB RAM and features an 11.6-inch HD screen.
 
The listing features discreetly in Phoenix-based tech company Troxell’s 2015 brochure for K-12 education, sitting nestled under boxes promoting more popular Chromebooks.
 

But what about price? That is, for now, unknown. The Troxell blurb for the ASUS C201 does mention that it is “the most affordable Chromebook to date” which gives us a ballpark to play with: the cheapest Chromebooks based on RRP have been around ~$199 US.
 
Chances are you haven’t forgotten those tempting Digitimes teases of upcoming “$149 Chromebooks from ASUS and Lenovo”, though.
 
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This does look like a good laptop for an affordable price.
 
Hopefully, the price of this Asus Chromebook would be around $99-150 making it similar to price as some Google Android laptops.

 

[Demon_Skeith]

Asus makes good laptops, my current one runs pretty well.

 

[lb]

You can hardly call a chromebook a laptop. Half of the programs I use on a daily basis are not compatible with Chrome OS. A Chromebook is useful mostly for browsing the web.

 

[froggyboy604]

You can hardly call a chromebook a laptop. Half of the programs I use on a daily basis are not compatible with Chrome OS. A Chromebook is useful mostly for browsing the web.

You can also install Ubuntu Linux on a Chromebook, so it can use more programs in Ubuntu Linux. There are now more offline programs for a Chromebooks, so it can be used for offline tasks like Word Processing, Reading e-mails offline, playing games, and using apps like the Calculator, and the media player which can play video, and audio files offline.

 

[Cierra]

It looks pretty ugly, and I dislike Chromebooks for their limited features.

 

[froggyboy604]

This laptop is designed for schools/education, so I think it is made to be durable rather than being nice looking. Usually laptops which are made to be durable don't look nice because they need to be thicker.

I agree the features are more limited on a Chromebook, but Chromebooks are generally good enough for users who mainly use their PC to type out homework, do office work, listen to music, watch video, play casual games, and browsing the web.

I wish there was a Chromebook with a Disc drive which can open CD and DVD discs, and also burn CDs and DVDs to share large amount of files on discs with people I know since it is still cheapest to use burnable disc to share files rather than USB drives and SD memory cards which still cost $10 and more.