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Asus goes big with 15-inch Chromebook

Asus goes big with 15-inch Chromebook
The Asus Chromebook C523 carries a suggested retail price of $269
The Asus Chromebook C523 carries a suggested retail price of $269
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The Asus Chromebook C523 has a 38 Wh Lithiumpolymer battery that's reported good for up to 10 hours of use between charges
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The  Asus Chromebook C523 has a 38 Wh Lithiumpolymer battery that's reported good for up to 10 hours of use between charges
The Asus Chromebook C523 has two USB-C and two USB 3.1 (Type A) ports
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The Asus Chromebook C523 has two USB-C and two USB 3.1 (Type A) ports
The Asus Chromebook C523 rocks a full-size chiclet keyboard
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The Asus Chromebook C523 rocks a full-size chiclet keyboard
The Chromebook C523's 15.6-inch display comes in 720p or 1080p resolution, the latter available as non-touch or touch-enabled
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The Chromebook C523's 15.6-inch display comes in 720p or 1080p resolution, the latter available as non-touch or touch-enabled
The Asus Chromebook C523 carries a suggested retail price of $269
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The Asus Chromebook C523 carries a suggested retail price of $269
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Most Chromebooks come with 11-inch, 13-inch or 14-inch screens, which is fine for working when out and about. But if you're sat at a desk all day, a bigger screen would be good. Asus has launched the Chromebook C523, which features a comfortable 15.6-inch display.

The 15.6-inch NanoEdge display can be had in 1,366 x 768 resolution – the same as the 11.6 and 14 inch Chromebooks that Asus also announced today – or 1,920 x 1080, the latter with optional multi-point touch.

Inside, the C523 features a dual-core Intel Celeron N3350 or quad-core Pentium N4200 processor and Intel HD 500 graphics, supported by 32 GB or 64 GB of eMMC storage and 4 GB of LPDDR4 RAM. Naturally, the device runs the Chrome OS and is designed for online working, with Bluetooth 4.0 and 802.11ac Wi-Fi ticking the wireless technologies boxes.

The Asus Chromebook C523 rocks a full-size chiclet keyboard
The Asus Chromebook C523 rocks a full-size chiclet keyboard

Above the display is a HD webcam for video chats, there are two USB-C and two USB 3.1 (Type A) portsto each side, a microSD card slot and a full-size chiclet keyboard inbetween. A 38 Wh Lithium-polymer battery is reported good for up to 10 hours of usage per charge.

The 15.6-inch C523 carries a suggested retail price of US$269, which is cheaper than Acer's similarly-sized Chromebook 15. The 11.6-inch C223 and the 14-inch C423 Chromebooks share much of their feature sets with the C523, and are priced at $229 and $269, respectively.

Product page: Chromebook C523

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2 comments
2 comments
Jinpa
There should be a keypad option.
Cas Tuyn
HD resolution (1920 x 1080 px) should be the absolute minimum for any screen larger than 12".
That they include a 1366 x 768 px display on a 15" screen is nuts, that is the 640 x 480 px resolution of 2018.
Other than that it looks nice. (I have a 14" Chromebook, and my dad has a 15.6" Chromebook, both with HD resolution).