ASUS Touchscreen Chromebook Flip C214MA 11.6 Inch Laptop (Intel Celeron N4020, 4GB RAM, 32GB eMMC, Chrome OS) Includes 3 Year Manufacturer Warranty

I bought this for my 7-year old daughter for school work. Coming from a Mac/iOS background I was sceptical but having a real aversion for all things Microsoft, I thought I’d give a Chromebook a try. And I’ve got to say, it’s brilliant! It’s pretty close to the Mac experience we are used to, far far more intuitive than Windows. The screen is great quality for a sub-£200 machine & despite what a few reviewers have said, it IS A TOUCHSCREEN so it works like an iPad which is wonderful. And because the screen is Matt, finger marks aren’t an issue either. Another nice trick is that the keyboard & screen hinge can completely bend backwards on itself giving you a tablet/iPad type experience - great for watching movies on iPlayer, Netflix or Amazon Prime. Storage is more than adequate given that it’s mostly stored in the cloud anyway. The machine is fast, start up times are really good too. And the full keyboard & touchpad really make this feel like a proper, much more expensive laptop. Given that I was very sceptical of Chrome OS at first, I’m happy to say that I was wrong and this is a fantastic little laptop well worth every penny!

Cheap as chips, but good enough to run anything I've thrown at it so far including Prime, Netflix, BBC Iplayer & Ebay. Link it up with a mobile phone and you can use it to browse the net and such like away from a conventional wireless web connection. But be aware it doesn't come with 4 or 5g Build quality is good considering the price and I love the way you can use it as a tablet with the screen being super responsive. One little miff was the fact it's advertised as coming with a USI stylus, but to be honest you don't really need it a sharpened stick will do the job just as well on this touchscreen and the trouble with a USI stylus is you only ever lose the darn things, a sharpened stick as I said works just as well 😄 I personally own many other machines including an all singing and dancing desktop, but went for this as I wanted something I could just have beside me when watching TV and my Galaxy Tab8 died a painful death recently. This replaces that perfectly! The Chrome OS is fairly intuitive and very easy to find your way around The memory and hard drive space is adequate, if you need more space chuck a cheap Micro SD card in it. But if like me most of your files are uploaded to the cloud you it won't be a problem. Google gives you free access to 100GB storage free for a year as part of the bargain and there are plenty of other places on the web you can store files for free should you find the need. I've tried to play a few games downloaded from the play store and they function just fine ie. Candy Crush, Subway Surfers et al. So all in all my conclusion is seeing as it cheap as chips, comes from a reputable manufacturer who are offering a 3 year warranty on the machine, 1 year on the battery what's to dislike. If you want a good tablet with a good keyboard and want to watch films, surf the net, check your social media etc this is perfect. If you want a all singing and dancing play anything games machine buy a high end desktop/laptop. As I said I'm impressed enough to have ordered one for the wife as she's been struggling with a year old cheap £100 Android Chinese tablet, this machine knocks that hunk of junk clean out the window and I know she'll be happy as she's been coveting my Asus since it's arrived and trust me she's not a easy woman to please!

Overall for £149 a great bargain, especially for potential new Chromebook buyers. Please do your homework before buying a Chromebook and check the Auto Update Policy (google it, there is a list of every Chromebook published by Google) to determine how much life support there is left. All Chromebooks are supported for 7 years from the day of release. This Chromebook is supported up until 2026. so thats not bad. Some retail outlets are currently selling Chromebook's on offer with only 6 months life support left. As for this tablet, great battery life. Android support is brilliant. As a test, games like Carmageddon work in tablet mode perfectly. I haven't enabled linux mode yet but will do. The display isn't bad and does go bright enough to be used outside. Touchscreen support is great. Built in tilt detection too. good for some android games. certainly built strong enough to be dropped. great for kids. Slightly heavy and the sound is quiet even at full volume but there is a workaround by installing a graphic equalizer extension onto chrome and the volume boost can be added. and finally, no there is no stylus. not a problem for me but some people may want this.