Chromebook Flip C434 2-in-1 Laptop, 14" Full HD Touchscreen 4-Way NanoEdge, Intel Core M3-8100Y Processor, 4GB RAM, 64GB eMMC Storage, All-Metal Body, Backlit KB, Chrome OS- C434TA-DSM4T, Silver

I’m not a tech person so bear with me on this review.. I love this laptop! I had done some research on chromebooks after I decided to not spend tons of money on a MacBook. I am a grad student and need a laptop that would be good for word processing (I only use google docs anyways) and watching Hulu and Netflix. This laptop totally met and exceeded all my expectations and I love it. It’s very light and thin, and fits perfectly in my backpack. I am obsessed with how there are charger ports on either side!!! I don’t use the ‘flip’ that much, but it is nice sometimes. I kind of forget that it’s an option but I often have to read long PDF articles and turning it into a tablet and using a stylus to highlight is pretty nice. Also, the speakers are on the very bottom which is not the best sound so if I’m really trying to zone out and watch a movie I will flip it so the speakers are up and the keyboard isn’t between me and the screen. it sounds great like that! The speakers are actually decently loud. The battery life thing on this is amazing. It can last me all 8 hours while I’m at school and usually can charge my phone as well. I’ve had it for about 6 months and have lately started noticing the battery life is maybe not quite as long lasting as it was when I got it, but I’m still really impressed. Again I’m not a tech person. I chose this laptop because of Wirecutter’s review and because my fiancée said the specs looked good compared to other chromebooks I was considering. For my purposes, it works great. It’s fast loading webpages, fast downloads, never have a problem streaming anything. Performance wise it is excellent. The only time I get slightly annoyed with it is that sometimes it drops to WiFi signal for no apparent reason. I can’t absolutely guarantee that this is because of the laptop and not my router, but it happens other places as well. It’s not a constant problem but sometimes I’ll be doing something and all the sudden I will have no internet and i will have to click to the network settings and then it suddenly will be reconnecting to the network. It only happens maybe a couple times a week and it didn’t happen at the beginning. It should be said that with a chromebook there are a few drawbacks. There are sometimes when it’s frustrating to not be able to get the “desktop” version of an app/website, like Spotify. You can either use Spotify web or get the android app for Spotify, and both of these have slightly less functionality than the desktop app that you could install on a windows or PC. That’s just an example but yeah sometimes there are slightly annoying things about running chrome OS but overall I can do everything I need to do and I’m super happy with this purchase. I recommend this laptop to everyone!!! Cons Speakers on the bottom, slightly muffle the sound unless you flip it. Battery life slightly diminished after 6 months of regular use Sometimes dropped WiFi signal for a couple seconds and needs to reconnect Pros Speakers are lOud Excellent battery life Touch screen works great Nice keyboard Very fast loading webpages, streaming, etc.

Update May 30, 2020 You must read comments regarding Auto Screen Rotate. If you use a Bluetooth Mouse vs USB, the screen will autorotate in tent mode. A Bluetooth keyboard can also be used. Neat Trick!!! Up Date I have only used this Chromebook for 2 days now and it is nothing short of awesome! It is a joy to use and it handles like a new Corvette. such a joy! This device is awesome. Great industrial design, Great screen with itsy bitsy teeny weeny bezels. Fast like a Tesla. One issue is the choice of gray letters on the aluminum keys? White would have made for much better reading. This is my second C434. The first would not auto-rotate the screen into tent mode. I first contacted Amazon tech support who had Asus tech support online in moments. I spent at least 45 minutes speaking with Asus. He had me run a Power Wash among other searches. Finally, throwing in the towel he issued a case number for my return to Asus for repair which as the device was just days old was unacceptable to me. Contacting Amazon once again it was finally determined that the device be replaced. Thank you Amazon. When the new device was in transit I packed and returned the defective. Upon receiving the new Chromebook the first test was to check for auto-rotate into tent mode and it DID NOT ROTATE! Having worked in QC I found this hard to accept that 2 would be defective. After mucho internet searching I found, (AMAZON MUST READ THIS) that the Chromebook WILL NOT AUTO-ROTATE WITH A MOUSE BLUETOOTH RECEIVER INSTALLED! Pull the plug, so to speak and auto-rotate is awesome! To me this is a really silly issue that should be easy to solve. While touch screen is nice a mouse is more precise. By the way this also solved the same problem on my older Acer R11 that I thought to be defective. Sadly Amazon and I went through a lot of trouble and Amazons time and money for no reason! AMAZON? ALWAYS AMAZING! Thank you! Jeff should send me a thank you card. Ha Ha Ha. AMAZON MUST ADVISE ALL TECH SUPPORT OF THIS ISSUE AS IT EFFECTS ALL CHROMEBOOKS.

I'm not completely new to Chromebooks, my Children both use them for school and I've messed around with them off and on for a couple of years. Recently my 10 year old Macbook's battery finally gave up and I found myself in the market for a new laptop. I grabbed my son's Asus 302 and started messing with it to see what I could get it to do, and very soon realized that a Chromebook could meet the vast majority, if not all, of my day to day needs: Since my Son's 302 has held up so well for over two school years of daily use... I decided to give this 434 a try. I'm really glad I did. The Great: The screen and itty-bitty bezel gives a whole lot of extra screen space in a size only a fraction larger than my Boy's 302. It's a 14 inch screen in what is basically a 13 inch body. The resolution, color fidelity and brightness are 100% fine for me. In strong sunlight the screen struggles - but - really... I can't see how I could ding it for that. I ride a shuttle bus to work with tinted windows. If full sun is shining through the windows directly on the screen it gets washed out. For the price I do not think you could expect much more. If the light is not shining directly on the screen I've found it fairly easy to adjust brightness to compensate. Size wise it is 100% perfect for me - maybe a little tight on that shuttle, but I'll take the extra screen any day. Processing power and memory: Well - I have to say I wish I could have gotten a model with 8G or more memory... That being said - I have no real regrets with the base model. So far I can open as many tabs as I ever wanted to have open while also running a android app or two - sometimes even a Linux app or two, and I have not yet encountered a situation where I felt the machine was struggling. The battery - OMG the battery! I'm coming from a 10 year old Macbook - so needless to say I was shocked on my first full day of using this thing... In the morning I got on the Shuttle (free shuttle WiFi - FTW!) for my hour long ride to the office - check my e-mail and then signed in to my desktop at work via Citrix/Chrome and started my workday. Once at the office I spend another few hours working from a couch in the atrium instead of at my desk just enjoying that I can do this without worrying about where the nearest outlet is anymore. Back on the shuttle and on the way home some last second work tasks and then streaming some YouTube and surfing. Back at home - more web surfing, streaming some TV shows to catch up. Some genealogy research, played with a python script for awhile, and finally off to bed around 11. The dang battery was still at 58%. A month of day to day use says the battery life advertised is true in real life. Cant praise the battery enough. "Tent" configuration works awesome for streaming video in bed and the speaker placement works well like this to give really good audio. What's kinda great: "Tablet" configuration... It works and the speaker placement complements this setup as well - the only downside is this thing - for my taste -is really just toooooo big for really comfortable use as a tablet - except "flipping" it so the keyboard lays in your lap or on a surface with the screen angled works well in that use case... Overall on this point - I'm still glad I paid extra to have a device with this flexibility. I have encountered situations where I have used each of the set-ups. Android apps... Sadly and I hope this gets better with time - many Android apps I'd like to use are not working on my Chromebook. I see the "Not compatible with your device" message on the Play Store - or install the app and find it does not work properly. Overall - The Android app on Chrome experience is Great-ish and I hope it continues to improve. Linux(!) Linux support is BETA. But - Great-ish. LOL. I've installed "Gramps" for some Family Tree research... LibreOffice Suite for a offline MS Office like set of tools, and PyCharm IDE for working with Python. All of these tools are working so far with little difficulties that I will not "complain" about at all - these tools work for me perfectly most of the time and perform well on the device. It is not a perfect world and I remind you that Linux support is "Beta". Set expectations accordingly and if you like Linux - I think you will like it on a Chromebook! What's OK: The keyboard... Key travel, placement, "click-y" feel are awesome for me. The OK part is the odd-ish design decision to color the keys silver with translucent white letters... In certain lighting situations the letters on the keys - sort of vanish... In nearly every case I've been able to work around this issue by adjusting the keyboard backlight - actually most of the time I have the key backlight turned off completely. This makes the letters look almost black in color - unless there is strong light on the keyboard... That's when the white color of the letters make them nearly vanish against the silver background of the keys. In any other lighting situation you can adjust the keyboard backlight to get at least a very workable if not 100% perfect experience - IMHO. In a dark setting the backlight works fine and makes working in very dim or dark conditions easy. The trackpad... For me. It is 100% OK... Not something I'd call awesome - and not anything that is bothering me after a month of daily use. So this is where my list ends. I actually can not think of a single thing I'd say is bad or sucks. I imagine if I got into really compute/io heavy video or graphics editing, or the giant pivot table from hell , or maybe the dreaded 100 page Powerpoint - I could make the thing struggle... Note I am NOT a gamer either... I just have to say that for at least 95% of what I do daily... This is all I need. I keep waiting on it to disappoint me - and it has not yet - quite the opposite. One final-final note: I dismissed Chrome OS for years thinking it was only good with a always on and fast internet connection. That might have once been true but I think not anymore. Getting offline work (or playing) done without a always on internet connection is entirely possible with minimal planning in advance. In my humble opinion using a Chromebook without the internet connection is just as doable as working with any Windows or Mac based product when you are offline.

I really love this flip computer and im happy with this brand in general. The first flip i had was the original smaller 10" Asus and i still use that although its outdated and i cant update the software anymore. This one is no exception, it's much bigger, faster and easy to use. I rarely use it in tablet mode although it's there if i need it. I don't like the glare on the screen so i bought a generic matte screen for it and that solved the issue. The only real gripe i have is that the hinge connection is very loose and i don't know how to fix it. Any time i move my laptop around the screen falls back flat pretty easily. It's fine if it's just sitting on my desk once i move it falls like it's greased. I've never had an issue like this. Laptops should be made so that it can open up to any angle and stay in place. I dont know if it's just this particular one i received or if others are having the same issue. Update: After nearly 2 years, the laptop screen suddenly went black for no apparent reason, right in the middle of using it. I have always taken great care of this computer, I loved it so much. But now there is not even a light when I plug in the charger. It is completely dead and I have no idea what is wrong. How do I fix this issue ASUS??

Afte purchasing the Chromebook Pixel in 2015 for years I did not feel any urge to replace it; it just did everything fine, no complaints up till today, at all. However, when I read the reviews over the C434 I have convinced myself to upgrade; keywords are for me: fast laptop, enlighted keyboard (not many chromebooks have it!), good design. One more feature to move me to buy this laptop was the tablet modus -something I have always missed with my Chromebook, especially at work, when I sometimes need to use the laptop in tablet modus, doing my rounds in the clinic. My 11 inch Asus chromebook flip did the trick -but was too small, too slow to get my primary PC. The C434 delivers all the expectations; tablet mode is a bit heavy, I have found myself using it as a tablet, but in landscape mode. C343 is a bit less snappy, than my Chromebook Pixel 2015 -maybe due to less memory? However, addition of Linux apps is a great bonus; I have installed Thunderbird (as my daily mail program, also for my Exchange accounts!), Libre Office (for offline text editing and presentations) and NixNote 2 as my Evernote program (much better, than the corresponding Android apps). On the minus side: illuminated keyboard (as many time written here): too little contrast between key and enlighted space, hard to read; turning down illumination in bright spaces helps - but this is definitevely worse, than on the Chromebook Pixel 2015. All together: I have found a good replacement for my Chromebook Pixel 2015, stylish, real workhorse, tablet mode -and at an very exceptable price.

I have had this chromebook for three weeks now, and I have used it on a constant daily basis of about 8-10 hours per day. I am impressed by the build quality and usability. I haven't had a chromebook for a long time. I had an original Samsung Chromebook for a couple years, and back then Chrome OS was still edgy enough to not always be able to fill my needs as a student and teacher, but it was enough to get by until I got home to my desktop. Since getting this Asus c434, however, my desktop has been collecting dust. I work two teaching jobs and attend school, so I am constantly on the computer planning lessons, reading, typing documents, doing research, or just streaming Netflix or Hulu at home. Screen: I love that it is compact and light, but still packs a 14" touchscreen. I use the multi-position screen either when I'm using it like a tablet, or I'll fold the screen back and use my own bluetooth keyboard and mouse. The hinge is tight and holds the screen in any position very nicely. The colors are good, and movies are clear and crisp. The touch panel works smoothly, and I find myself using my fingers almost as often as my mouse. Also, I often plug in an additional screen while I'm teaching or working, and I haven't had any issues with that at all. It just does everything automatically, and the processor doesn't get bogged down at all. Keyboard: I read dozens of reviews before purchasing this one, and the top negative comment was about the keyboard backlight making it difficult to see the letters sometimes. This is true, but the easy fix is to simply turn down the backlight when there is a lot of ambient light. Otherwise the typing is smooth. I don't love chiclet keyboards in general, but this one is not bad, even when I've typed a few pages on it. Battery: I have gone a full ten hours on this thing while just using browser tabs and typing or viewing. However, there are certain apps, like one game I enjoy playing, that drain the battery more. Even if I play that for an hour or two, I can still get 6 or 7 hours of use without a problem. Usually I just charge it once at night and then carry it with me throughout the day without needing a recharge. OS: Chrome is smooth and fast, and if like me you mostly use web-based applications like Google office, Office 365, Canvas, Blackboard, etc., then this is perfect. I also love that now Chrome can run a lot of Android apps. I run a lot of the same apps that my Google Pixel phone can run, including some games. In addition, it can now run Linux at the same time as Chrome with the simple click of a button in the settings. I installed a couple of Linux apps just to test it out, and it's pretty cool, like GIMP or LibreOffice. My only gripe with the Linux is that I can't copy and paste between the Linux apps and the Chrome/Android apps. The Intel CoreM processor seems to handle everything like a champ, whether it's having open 20 tabs with 2 screens, or playing an intense Android game. Oh, and I haven't had any issues with the Wi-Fi or Bluetooth so far. Downsides: Overall, this computer fits my needs almost perfectly. Perhaps the only glaring con I will mention is the speakers. They're really not very loud. Even at full blast it can be difficult to hear in a room with a moderate noise level. Luckily I don't need this feature very often. TL;DR: I highly recommend this Chromebook to power users of Chrome. It's features and build quality are well worth the higher price.

I've been a Mac user for over a decade, but wanted to make the switch (as I've had an Android phone for several years), but hesitated on the laptop switch. I've always been curious, but never even toyed with ChromeOS, so I dove in and bought what happens to be one of the highest reviewed Chromebooks under around $600 right now. Here's what's up: SIZE Outside of the display, this is my favorite part of this laptop. While I loved the weight of the Macbook Air when it was released, I wanted a laptop that didn't make me feel like "Ah, man!" when I had to throw it in my bag to travel. I wanted something portable and light. And while there's not a huge difference in weight between the two computers, you'll notice that it's sleeker and feels smaller than maybe what you're use to. DISPLAY I don't know the specs, you can research that, but what's true is what most every review will say and that's that it is beautiful! And while there are faster computers at this price range (and cheaper) I don't know that there's a better looking screen. It's a joy to look at and use, with one major flaw that I'll keep till the end. TRACKPAD People are hatin' on this trackpad, and I don't get it. I've had a Macbook Air for almost 7 years before buying this computer and while it's noticeably a bit of a transition (i.e. seems like it takes more effort to scroll and drag), I got use to it. Even having gone back to the Macbook Air for some use, I've not noticed a large enough difference personally to consider it a deal breaker. KEYBOARD People also be hatin' on the keyboard. It takes some getting use to, but I really enjoy it. I first bought the 4GB model and out the box the light behind the keys was flickering. When I returned it and got the 8GB, it wasn't, and has been solid so far. While I'm not typing where I need a ton of light behind the keys often, I've found that when I am, it's great. No complaints. SPEED I don't know anything about processing speed or any of that, you can look it up, but I do know that 8GB of RAM is more than 4GB and that it was a noticeable difference between the computers. For a little more the 8GB it's worth it. Depending on what you're using the computer for, people say that 4GB is enough. I think coming from a Mac that had 8GB, I felt more comfortable with 8GB. CHROMEOS This is probably null for anyone who is already in the ChromeOS world, or has been, but for me, coming from Mac, it took a lot longer than I thought it would to get adjusted. Some keys are in different places, and it's more worthwhile with a Chromebook to take a few minutes to memorize shortcuts than it is with a Mac. So, again, if you're coming from a Mac, my one recommendation would be to give yourself a few days to get use to it. I think it's worth the struggle, because after a few weeks I think I'm faster on my Chromebook than I was on Mac simply because all of the shortcuts and the search bar that will search everything on your computer, in Drive, and so on. BLUETOOTH Maybe this was a slap in the face to Google, but having already purchased a bluetooth Apple keyboard and trackpad I wanted to see if they would work with the Chromebook (without having to purchase another set that would). At first it seemed to work flawless, but for whatever reason it sometimes takes for-ev-er to locate and connect to. And after doing a little bit of homework, it seems like this is an issue across a lot of Chromebooks and not specific to this computer. Just a heads up! FATAL FLAW The one reason I haven't completely settled on this computer is because of the random flickering I've experienced with both the 4GB and the 8GB model. It happens randomly, sometimes multiple times an hour. It's a bar across the screen for a split second and then gone. It's not a huge deal, but if you're going to drop hundreds of dollars on something, you don't want it to flicker like that. Other people have reported the same and believe it's a Chrome extension problem and to wipe the computer completely and see (which doesn't take long and isn't as intense as doing it on a Mac as everything is web based on a Chromebook). I did this and still have had issues. Hope this helps people in the search!

The Asus Flip 434 is my first venture into Chrome. It's my first ever laptop/notebook computer as well. The main reason I purchased this model is because I'd read reviews of a previous model by Asus - the Flip 302. It was always highly rated. I also own an Asus AIO desktop PC which has been great. I am not a power user by any stretch but I think this model will offer plenty of bang for my intended usage.I run a new non-profit chapter of a national organization where all technology is online and in the cloud. I don't particularly like using a laptop computer so I've already purchased an external monitor and BT Logitech keyboard. Such a huge difference for me. As for the Chromebook itself; in my opinion it's a premium product in all regards. The build is excellent and it seems/feels/looks like a much more expensive product. Even though it's only 4mb of ram I think this will be plenty for my use. I especially like the screen. It's bright and has very slim bezel. Just looks right.You might be asking why did I buy a laptop when I don't really like them. The reason is because I will on occasion need to take it on the road or to a meeting. I will also use the flip screen at times to show charts, graphs, videos, etc.to prospective donors. I'll also use the 434 Flip at fundraisers when I can hook it up to a projection system. The photo above is my temporary setup as of yesterday to try the new external monitor and keyboard. BTW - my KB isn't a Chrome specific type. I also purchased an inexpensive external 2TB hard drive. Plug & Play simple. I've also connected an HP Officejet Pro printer wirelessly. No problem at all setting that up. The BT connections for both the KB and mouse were a snap to setup and work great. As our office expands I will probably purchase a ChromeBox or two. Chrombooks and I'd guess by extension a Chrome Box are very simple to use and work well. It's almost if you know how to surf the web you can use a Chromebook or Box. The Asus 434 Flip is very nice piece of equipment and I expect many years of service from it.