Best Buy has
ASUS 2-In-1 15.6" Touchscreen Chromebook (C536EA-BI3TE; Matte White) on sale for
$399.
Shipping is free, otherwise, select free curbside pickup as an alterative option.
Thanks to community member
SteveA7911 for finding this deal
Note, curbside pickup may vary depending on location.
Specs/Key Features- Intel Core i3-1115G4 Processor (11th Generation)
- 15.6" 1920x1080p FHD Backlit LED Touchscreen Display
- 126GB Solid State Drive SSD
- 8GB LPDDR4X RAM (4266MHz)
- WiFi Wireless AX w/ Bluetooth
- Intel UHD Graphics
- 3-Cell Lithium Ion Polymer
- Android Apps w/ Google Assistant
- Chrome OS
Warranty- Includes a standard 1-year warranty w/ purchase (parts + labor)
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FYI: the following was based upon my failure to recognize this was a Chromebook. See my post here for notes on this somewhat uniquely positioned premium Chromebook. TLDR: running ChromeOS doesn't necessarily make this a better deal, but does make it one of very few options for a Chromebook shopper with these specific options on their shopping list.
This would have been a real Slickdeal with a quad core CPU. As it stands, this is really the right price as it represents a $100-ish discount on comparable, refurbished 2-in-1 laptops which do have quad core CPUs (check Micro Center).
Good luck!
Jon
This is a powerful Chromebook. This is also a $400 Chromebook. You like it and I'm more in the pretty good but maybe not for everybody(?) camp. I don't think that puts us on opposite sides. I don't consider you a competitor, but rather assume that we're all working together to evaluate and promote the best deals (and maybe tamp down some of the more obnoxious shilled deals?).
At the same time, I have found some of your posts less than pleasant. With so many posts and a nice Pro flag on your profile, might I ask that if along with the volume of posts you're contributing to the community you also consider what you're doing to foster the same level of participation and engagement among the other community members?
Good luck!
Jon
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This is a powerful Chromebook. This is also a $400 Chromebook. You like it and I'm more in the pretty good but maybe not for everybody(?) camp. I don't think that puts us on opposite sides. I don't consider you a competitor, but rather assume that we're all working together to evaluate and promote the best deals (and maybe tamp down some of the more obnoxious shilled deals?).
At the same time, I have found some of your posts less than pleasant. With so many posts and a nice Pro flag on your profile, might I ask that if along with the volume of posts you're contributing to the community you also consider what you're doing to foster the same level of participation and engagement among the other community members?
Edit: The price went up to 343 for open box excellent which is what I bought.
Good luck!
Jon
Have a good day. Many of your post are indeed helpful. You could do better by not spending so much time writing about what you personally do not like about deals. Think first is this deal for me. No. Is is good for others with other needs. I understand you and many others would not spend this much for a Chromebook. I find it much faster than my Ryzen 3 Desktop which is saying something. It has 16GB of DDR4. I like the Android apps. I can play my Android games on it. I can activate Linux with no fear of it slowing it down.
i3-1115 ~57,000
i5-1135 ~61,000
(m1 macbook air was ~61,000 at release?)
https://www.reddit.com/r/chromeos...us_c
And, I know the Octane benchmark is long deprecated, but I know what it feels like on a browser from ~7,000 all the way up so it's a good way to calibrate browsing performance on the web for me.
I think there are some chromebooks with a i7-1165... I wonder what those score?
If you look on here at some test results:
https://www.pcmag.com/reviews/asu...mebook-cx9
On some tests, is that the base-clock effect of the i3-1115 showing up?
i3-1115 ~57,000
i5-1135 ~61,000
(m1 macbook air was ~61,000 at release?)
https://www.reddit.com/r/chromeos...us_cx9400/ [reddit.com]
And, I know the Octane benchmark is long deprecated, but I know what it feels like on a browser from ~7,000 all the way up so it's a good way to calibrate browsing performance on the web for me.
I think there are some chromebooks with a i7-1165... I wonder what those score?
If you look on here at some test results:
https://www.pcmag.com/reviews/asu...mebook-cx9 [pcmag.com]
On some tests, is that the base-clock effect of the i3-1115 showing up?
Anyone ever try that and does BestBuy give you reasonable trade value? Just wondering.
-->>> So I found an open box for $310+tax, free shipping. It came in a BestBuy generic laptop shipping box with the internal shrink-wrap holder. The outer box was almost mini-fridge sized. I guess the local store doesn't ship out that much. Looks like they weren't sure which AC/USB-C adapters came with it so they gave me two 45W usb-c chargers. Condition was pretty much new - minus a little blue ink scuff from the BestBuy box on the white paint. I could remove it with a latex eraser when I find one. My touchpad has a slight rattle. It doesn't really bother me.
Sound - Gets fairly loud without distortion at max volume. I don't know what Harmon Kardon has to do with the sound, but the speakers sound good enough minus a little bass to match up with the best (Google Pixel OG or Pixel Slate). I usually listen to classical music and am a lapsed audiophile - too lazy now mostly.
In my admittedly dim usual work environment at home I use it at about half brightness. I use dark mode also if that matters to anyone. So even though I would take extra brightness capability I don't use it at home which is where I am 99% of the time.
The construction is pretty good. Feels solid. It does have some heft. But I like 15.6" screens - I would like 17.3" screens even better but only Lenovo so far has seen to make one in the past with a big intel processor.
Keyboard is pretty good and black with white keys as all keyboards should be.
This has a 2280 NVMe drive in it.
At this point I still have 5 Dell 7486 Inspiron 14 Chromebooks because they have 8th gen intels and Wacom EMR stylus compatibility which lets me use them for work-related things.
OTHERWISE, I WOULD BUY THE SHIT out of this all day ~$300 and replace my whole fleet.
edit: Oh, ChromeVox was being a pain. I had to shut it off in two different places before it would stop bothering me. And be forewarned, removing the energy label on the keyboard deck left all it's sticky backing on. It took some time to suck it off the surface with some packing tape.
google octane: 59,336
It's not all roses though because the wifi speed tests at less than half that as on my other Chromebooks or windows machines. ~140 Mbps vs 300Mbps. I guess they need to work on that?
The Chromebook automatically gets AV1 1080 and 4k AV1 from youtube and plays either without dropping any frames. This is kind of a rarity across my Chromebooks and PC laptops I have. Intel or AMD.
https://youtu.be/CU8Otx-0E0U?t=131
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I think there are some chromebooks with a i7-1165... I wonder what those score?
This is why my own baseline Chrome OS experience is at the Intel Atom series, vs. the MediaTek CPUs that are so popular at the sub-$200 price points.
Good luck!
Jon
I don't really have issues about his review because it's personal perception and preferences.
I don't understand people buying a 15.6" laptop and then saying it's too big for them... um, ok?
Or saying they like the numpad and then say they don't like the keyboard being shifted.
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