ASUS The Chromebook C523

The biggest Chromebook that Asus sells presents a big screen for minimal expenditure. Numerous Chromebooks experience the effects of squeezed boards also called cramped panels, and thick bezels, yet the Chromebook C523 turns the tables and conveys a large 15.6-inch contact show inside a smooth frame with pleasingly slight bezels and it does as such for well of 400USD only.

Include its aluminum cover, and it closely takes a look. It feels like it should cost a bundle more bucks. Asus sells two Chromebook C523 models. The $269.99 lower-end model has a Celeron CPU, 32GB of blaze stockpiling, and a 1,366-by-768-pixel display with no touch. The other unit is the upper one, C523NA-IH24T, which records for $379.99 and has a quad-center Intel Pentium N4200 processor, 64GB of glimmer storage capacity, and a 1920 x 1080-pixel (1080p) touch panel.

Design and Features 

The Chromebook C523 flaunts a daintily thin profile and a brushed aluminum finish. While being a slender PC, especially one with a 15.6-inch screen and its aluminum looks are deluding. The base portion of the framework is all plastic and just the lid is of aluminum.

The cover has a strong, hard feel to it, and the plastic deck for the keyboard feels amazingly strong too. Barely any flex in the palm rest could be felt even though Asus picked plastic for this purpose rather than metal. The heaviness of the big display bends the front of the keyboard just a little bit. At the moment, Chromebook’s low cost, nonetheless, it is charmingly amazing to know they used any metal in the development of this product.

The Chromebook C523 measures 0.6 x 14.1 x 9.8 inches (HWD) and it weighs a total of 1.7 kilograms. It weighs a little heavier than the 13-inch, 1.5 kg Acer Chromebook Spin 13; priced $839.00 available at Amazon, and it’s lighter than the 14-inch screen and 1.8 kilograms of 2-in-1, Dell Inspiron Chromebook 14.

Keyboard and Touchpad 

With its black keys sitting in the middle of a silver ocean, the Chromebook C523’s looks like those of the much costly 15-inch MacBook Pro (pricing 1,475 USD at Amazon). Like that Apple, the Chromebook C523 has enough space for a separate numpad but they do not include it.

The outcome is an extravagantly large keypad with no stunted keys. Regardless of this, the keys like Shift keys, and the left Ctrl key, they feel a little extra long. The keys have around 1.44mm of travel space and they have a smart, responsive angle to them. The thing missing from the keyboard is backlighting, a reasonable yet at the same time baffling exclusion on this Chromebook.

The touchpad feels responsive, as well. It’s large enough for open mousing and swiping motions, yet it looks relatively small just under the immense field of the wide palm rest. Still, it follows mousing movements precisely, and it performs clicks discreetly and adequately as well.

Screen and Resolution

The 15.6-inch display with touch screen includes a 1,920 x 1,080-pixel local screen res. The 1080p picture is sharp and clear, and the touchscreen feels exact and responsive, yet the gleaming covering does quite do good as the display is battling off glare and reflections. On the other hand, the model without touch screen has 1,366 x 768-pixel display on the lower-end C523 has a matte finishing which prevents the glare issue.

The shiny screen covering additionally adds to the top’s weight, causing the Chromebook C523 to feel somewhat a little heavier. The showcase is held into place by two wide, solid pivots that let the screen to turn around 180 degrees, to where it is totally flat.

Notwithstanding the adaptable idea of the rotatable screen, this Chromebook C523 ought not be mistaken for a 2-in-1 convertible that can pivot right around into tablet mode.

Sound

The framework’s sound system speakers fire from the baseboard and produce feeble sound. Bass is missing, and the sound clearness debases as you increment the volume to max point. So, it’s better if you use headphones, earphones, or attach speakers externally.

Ports

The port determination is restricted, yet you do get the two sorts of USB ports, to spare you from expecting to convey dongles with you. On the left side, you get a USB Type-C port and a USB 3.1 port, a microSD opening, and an earphone jack. On the right, dwells a USB Type-C port and a USB Type-A 3.1 port.

Setup

The C523NA-IH24T setup that is being discussed is based on Intel’s Pentium N4200 CPU, an unthreaded quad-center chip with a base frequency of 1.1GHz and a 2.5GHz super frequency also known as turbo frequency. The framework additionally includes 4GB of RAM, coordinated Intel designs, and 64 Gigabytes of flash storage capacity.

Now let us have a look at some pros and cons of this ASUS Chromebook C532:

PROS

• Bargain-basement price for a large-screen Chromebook.
• Smooth, part-aluminum design.
• 1080p panel looks so attractive.
• Comfortable keyboard and touchpad.

CONS

• The screen attracts glare because of the covering
• Battery life isn’t so good, mediocre to say the least
• No backlit keypad
• Audio isn’t that good either.

Verdict

It won’t be wrong to say that, with the smooth design and large 1080p touch screen, the 15.6-inch Asus Chromebook C523 is in fact, an uncommon deal. And to be very honest it is a budget friendly product. So, buy this Chromebook if you are planning to buy one.