Review on 💻 ASUS Chromebook C423 14.0" NanoEdge Display - Intel Celeron, 4GB RAM, 32GB Storage (Silver)" by Antonio Baker

I bought this and HP 14 at the same time on the best day. They were identical in price. I ended up sending it back and leaving HP. I have some loyalty to the ASUS brand and some unrelated negative feelings towards HP (they bought Compaq and killed the TRU64!). I REALLY wanted this ASUS Chromebook but had to return it. My requirements and comments were: - inexpensive (on the go and don't want to worry too much about theft or damage) o - both Chromebooks were tethered and acceptable - simple (Chromebooks so I don't have to upgrade a complex OS) o - both Chromebooks were tethered and acceptable - Citrix (that's the only thing I needed to work with it remotely) o - both Chromebooks were acceptable, but on ASUS the default application for the extension wasn't updated automatically, so I had to configure it manually . The Citrix app also crashed/hanged, but after a reboot it worked fine. HP worked 100% right away. virtual tie. - decent build quality - HP takes the lead here. o - Asus looks nicer in photos, but I didn't read the description carefully and noticed that only the top of the laptop is encased in aluminum. The rest is silver plastic trying to match the same color as the top. It fits fairly well (tricked me in the photos), but it's not machined aluminum like the more expensive Chromebooks. Even worse, the aluminum top + screen make it very heavy. It's an unbalanced weight and it makes him unstable. not a deal breaker, but it's there. ASUS plastic bottom half feels cheap/thin and smooth. Despite all the plastic, HP is heavier and thicker, well balanced. Live plastic looks much better than in the photo. The surface is lightly textured and the color is not pure white (turned white because it was the only one on sale) but more of a pearly or creamy white. deeper/harder. it gives him a better look in person. I'd still use navy blue, but I wouldn't be embarrassed to use it in a work meeting. o - The trackpad was not centered on the notch and clattered when touched (see video). By that I mean that every time you touch the trackpad, it makes a clicking sound, even though you don't touch it with enough force to trigger the mouse click. Every time you touch it while moving the cursor over the screen etc, the panel seems sticky. not literally, but my finger didn't slide across the surface like an HP tablet, which didn't have other issues with an ASUS trackpad. The trackpad feels cheap and the erratic click/clatter confuses the brain accustomed to equating the sound of a click with a mouse click. You wonder if you REALLY clicked the mouse or not. HP had none of these problems. o - The screen is ASUS' biggest problem. I've read that people are complaining about ASUS viewing angles (non-IPS) and picture quality (768 vs 1080) and don't give it much importance. I don't care if others around me can read my screen or watch videos in a group etc. What I learned (and I tested ASUS fully before switching to HP b/c if I would like ASUS, I would go back) HP without even opening it) is that the HP 1080 screen is better for me, and more importantly, I couldn't even comfortably use the ASUS 768 for my limited needs. The lack of IPS means the screen has to be *perfectly* perpendicular to your line of sight or colour, brightness and clarity suffer. enough to notice without looking for it. Because of this, I kept moving the laptop left/right and adjusting the screen up/down to find the perfect angle. but my body and my head are mobile. Every time I shifted or straightened in my chair, I found myself readjusting. I might have been a bit obsessive, which made it worse (see trackpad rumble above), but it was driving me insane. Another downside of the 768 is that the default text size has been increased to compensate for 1/2 pixel. This significantly reduces the footprint, and your 14-inch monitor will look more like a 12-inch monitor compared to HP's, which uses a much smaller default font, which is fine as it's still sharp at this size . Reducing the font size on ASUS to the same size used by HP makes text illegible or much harder to read as it looks blurry in comparison. The above was enough to leave HP and send ASUS back. A few things that were better on ASUS but not important enough for my use case: o - The Asus power supply is a small adapter that is a wall wart with a good USB-C cable attached. You can roll everything up and put it in your pocket or side pocket of your laptop bag. The HP is a two piece PS consisting of a THICK AC cord connected to a huge (by comparison) power adapter. This means that not only will it have to live on the ground, but it will also be so big that I'll have to buy a smaller one for the trip and leave the giant at home. Positions and including tent and tablet modes. HP only rotates 180, which rules out tablet or tent mode. too bad! o - Asus is lighter, thinner and has longer battery life (I didn't test the battery life but I believe the 1080 panel draws more). There are other reviews I've read that say HP runs hotter than ASUS and most other Chromebooks. ASUS looks better or pretends to. Many will find that the HP plastic case is still inferior to the ASUS aluminum case and comes in the more popular silver color. At this price point and having seen both, I'd rather accept the fact that this is a cheap Chromebook and get the HP in a fun color and have people pleasantly surprised at how well it looks and is built when they get it putting it into practice rather than seeing it ASUS crossed the room thinking it was a top-of-the-line Chromebook and was frustrated by the build quality up close. *YMMV* so it might be the other way around for you.