I’ve been delighted with this 139 laptop. Why did I ever pay the inflated prices of Windows machines? At first sight, this is a cut-down machine with fewer keys on the keypad. There are no delete, copy, print-screen, or Windows keys, but all the remaining keys are useful and I soon learned to use backspace, ctrl C, ctrl P, etc. instead.

This is my third Chromebook. The previous two were Acers which worked well but I managed to break them both after about three years use, so I thought I’d try an Asus this time round. My first impression was that the Asus is quite weighty, but appears to be solid and well made and I like the fact that the screen can be flipped to tablet mode, and the touch screen works well. As I wont be carrying it around much the weight isn’t really ann issue for me and hopefully it will prove to be a bit more durable. The only down side so far is that the screen isn’t very bright unless cranked up to max. Otherwise the Asus functions just like any other Chromebook and at the price I paid I think it represents good value.

I will never use anything other than a chrome book now! I love it. It is really easy to use, Google docs and sheets are brilliant and it was very good value for money. I have actually recommended it to a few people and a friend bought one who is also very pleased with it!

I like most things about chromebooks, this is a replacement as my previous dell has a problem with the charging connection probably because it had been dropped a couple of times so my fault. As long as you go carefully through the set up screens it seems easy to me to set up this in the same google chrome/youtube/photos/bookmarks/email accounts etc and other tools I use. I was laughing really at the negative reviews for this as this isn’t touch screen ( i don’t want touchscreen yuk). The sound and screen as well as the finish and start up time and probably speed are all better than my previous chromebook as this is slightly higher spec anyway. The thing starts up seemingly instantaneously and it feels quality. If you are new to chromebooks and a bit nervous get someone to help you set it up as you will really need an @gmail.com email address. If you are an avid bookmarker … like websites, youtube channels or specific individuals this is great, I also watch alot of youtube, amazon prime and bbc channels and like that i can take a pic with my phone and it will appear accessible from this. I don’t really need bluetooth and i’m not a security freak so don’t like the way it wants to make everything ultra secure. As long as it is ‘off’ when i close the lid or times out if i don’t use it i’m happy. I highly recommend in that I am convinced that you can easily pay 3 times more than this, maybe 5x and end up with something less nice, slower and more difficult to use and … wants to control your life! The more i think about this the happier i am, i’ll hopefully fix my old dell as well though this is much much better and only 180 ish. Treat yourself.