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expiredtimbertop posted Dec 7, 2022 9:36 PM
ASUS 14" Chromebook: M3-8100Y Dual-Core, 14" 1080p, 8GB RAM, 64GB Storage
$119
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Best Buy via eBay has ASUS 14" Chromebook (C425TA-M364) on sale for $129 -> now $119. Shipping is free.
Best Buy has ASUS 14" Chromebook (C425TA-M364) on sale for $129 -> now $119. Shipping is free.
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Best Buy has ASUS 14" Chromebook (C425TA-M364) on sale for $129 -> now $119. Shipping is free.
Thanks to Community Member timbertop for sharing this deal.
Specs:
- 14" 1920x1080 Display
- Intel Core M3-8100Y Dual-Core Processor
- 8GB LPDDR3 Memory
- 64GB eMMC Storage
- Chrome OS
- Backlit Keyboard
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Written by SubZero5 | Staff- This price is $10 more than previous FP deal that had 4GB RAM.
- Comes with a 1-year warranty.
- Best Buy via eBay: 30 day returns | Buyer pays for return shipping
- See the Best Buy return policy for returns information.
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Best Buy via eBay has ASUS 14" Chromebook (C425TA-M364) on sale for $129 -> now $119. Shipping is free.
Best Buy has ASUS 14" Chromebook (C425TA-M364) on sale for $129 -> now $119. Shipping is free.
Thanks to Community Member timbertop for sharing this deal.
Specs:
Best Buy has ASUS 14" Chromebook (C425TA-M364) on sale for $129 -> now $119. Shipping is free.
Thanks to Community Member timbertop for sharing this deal.
Specs:
- 14" 1920x1080 Display
- Intel Core M3-8100Y Dual-Core Processor
- 8GB LPDDR3 Memory
- 64GB eMMC Storage
- Chrome OS
- Backlit Keyboard
Editor's Notes
Written by SubZero5 | Staff- This price is $10 more than previous FP deal that had 4GB RAM.
- Comes with a 1-year warranty.
- Best Buy via eBay: 30 day returns | Buyer pays for return shipping
- See the Best Buy return policy for returns information.
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01. Hold ESC-Refresh -- tap Power to boot to ChromeOS in Recovery Mode --
Press CTRL-D to enter Developer Mode and disable verification --- allow ChromeOS wipe ~5mins
02. Login to ChromeOS via google credz and establish WIFI connectivity with ur router. - shutdown Chromebook -- disconnect Power
03.Take apart bottom half and disconnect Battery - leave off and reconnect Power cable only to Chromebook-- boot into ChromeOS (This will disable "Write Protect" mode)
04.Launch Chrome Browser then press Ctrl-ALT-T to launch a Terminal
05. Type "Shell" to enter shell mode and paste the MrChromebox.tech script in there:
cd; curl -LO mrchromebox.tech/firmware-util.sh; sudo install -Dt /usr/local/bin -m 755 firmware-util.sh; sudo firmware-util.sh
06. select Option to install Full UEFI Firmware -- run through the prompts (because i can't remember them all) -- let it do its thing and reboot -- and you should get a coreboot "bunny" logo BIOS
07. Install Windows/Linux as any other x86 PC - through bootable ThumbDrive. - may need to find a Win11 TPM bypass method (with rufus)
08. shutdown and reinstall battery as before and your done.
Only things I dislike (but cannot complain about at the price) wifi chip is horrible. Reception is fine inside the house but as soon as I go into my backyard it refuses to connect. I can walk 3 houses down on my phone and other devices. Again can't complain for the price...
The trackpad feels a bit sensitive, could be a lot better, but not too big an issue.
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And SD cards not working in windows would be a big deal for me. So I'll see how a Linux distro will work. But I saw a comment that sound is not working in Linux 😵 💫
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Gonna go back to ChromeOS. Maybe consider trying legacy bios and dualboot just to have non-sandboxed Linux available
Hope that answers burning questions on "buying to install windows or Linux" with little effort
Edit: nevermind I didn't see kbl_cros_drivers_1.0 which works for the speakers so I'm happy. And maybe I'll dig into this at some point for Linux: https://github.com/GalliumOS/gall...issues/536
Edit 2: also I can't get the keyboard backlight to work but that's not a big deal (screen backlight and its keyboard shortcuts works fine with the keyboard remapper). Also Chromebooks have an offer for 1 year of 100GB Google One storage, 3 months of GeForce Now, and some others that I should have redeemed before formatting: https://www.google.com/chromebook/perks/
Edit 3: nevermind, had to install croskblight 1.0.1 and reinstall chromebookremap 1.0.4 for the keyboard backlight to work
And SD cards not working in windows would be a big deal for me. So I'll see how a Linux distro will work. But I saw a comment that sound is not working in Linux 😵 💫
The other one i tested with earlier was probably a bad card (i just randomly picked one up on my desk)
But SD Card shows up just fine under "My Computer" and "Disk Management "
Showing the SD Card reader from Device Manager as well
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Even those cheap USB-C to 3.5mm Audio adapters from amazon work fine in Win11
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Quality wise I was almost fooled that the top isn't plastic. Keyboard is better than expected. Trackpad is fine. Screen is pretty nice and vibrant, I don't know why some people are complaining about it.
Quality wise I was almost fooled that the top isn't plastic. Keyboard is better than expected. Trackpad is fine. Screen is pretty nice and vibrant, I don't know why some people are complaining about it.
Also never had a touchscreen laptop but i read some people say they hate touchscreen because it makes the screen smudge more? Is that truth or false? But is the $90+ price difference just the touch screen vs non touch screen? That seem to be a huge price difference if everything else is the same?
Anyone know how long this deal will last?
But someone mentioned the nontouchscreen has lower nits so much worst? Or same?
Also someone said if you install linux on it, there is no sound or something? Can someone explain this? So after no more updates, you install linux or you install linux now instead, there is no sound?
Also wouldn't this be a great laptop to use to install linux compared to a cheap windows laptop that is i3 and 8gb and that would cost at least 250 dollars but it would have a horrible TN screen? So this looks really nice and everything and cost much less.
Is there any reason against this if you want to use it as a chromebook or as a linux machine? Seems to be a much better deal since the screen is ips compared to TN screens? But the processor is slower than i3 processor from the 250 and 300 dollars windows laptops right?
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But someone mentioned the nontouchscreen has lower nits so much worst? Or same?
Also someone said if you install linux on it, there is no sound or something? Can someone explain this? So after no more updates, you install linux or you install linux now instead, there is no sound?
Also wouldn't this be a great laptop to use to install linux compared to a cheap windows laptop that is i3 and 8gb and that would cost at least 250 dollars but it would have a horrible TN screen? So this looks really nice and everything and cost much less.
Is there any reason against this if you want to use it as a chromebook or as a linux machine? Seems to be a much better deal since the screen is ips compared to TN screens? But the processor is slower than i3 processor from the 250 and 300 dollars windows laptops right?
i have used both- the touch screen one is heavier.
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