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Review on πŸ” ASUS Chromebook Flip C433 Review: 14-inch Touchscreen, Intel Core m3, 8GB RAM, 64GB Storage by James Wiley

Revainrating 3 out of 5

Excellent Chromebook internals, inconsistent and difficult to use touchscreen

I liked this machine. I recommended my girlfriend to buy it for virtual educational purposes; it should be able to annotate documents using the touch screen. I have other Asus products that work fine. Unfortunately, this is not enough for using the touchscreen. The main reason is that the touchscreen is totally unsuitable for data entry. We tried 6 different types of stylus; The only input that was generally consistent was using your finger, and that's not a viable solution for precise input. We've also observed random "dead zones" appearing and disappearing; once half the screen literally stopped accepting input. Then he returned. Now you can say you got a bad one, send it back. Well, the problem is that we also got a C214 Chromebook for a different purpose and the touchscreen was the same - not compatible with several different styluses. In this case, however, we don't need a touchscreen, and otherwise it works well. In this case, however, we replaced it with a Dell and the touchscreen on it was rock solid and reliable. Therefore, I tend to assume that it is a manufacturer problem, although of course I cannot guarantee this with only 3 examples. NanoEdge is an extremely small screen border. Although it's cool and makes the screen bigger, you can't use it as a tablet without touching the screen, otherwise you won't be able to hold it. For a non-touchscreen Chromebook, that would probably be really cool; Unfortunately, when you want to use a touchscreen, the average use case is frustrating and inefficient. Another comment - as several reviewers say, although some documents say it comes with a stylus, this particular vendor doesn't sell a version that does. You can then buy one; My experience is that you won't find one that works well. We tried active, passive, EMP, active EMP. One of the reviewers mentions the Staedtler Noris EMR stylus. I can confirm that one doesn't work (at all). You can find information online about what should come with a laptop; However, there doesn't seem to be (at least for now) an option to buy it separately. Aside from the touchscreen, I can confirm that the materials and features are as advertised. It's a powerful, lightweight, and slick machine that lends itself well to non-touchscreen operations. If that's not your main feature, you can probably be very happy with it.

Pros
  • 8GB LPDDR3 RAM; 64 GB eMMC storage and 2x USB Type-C (Gen 1) and 1x Type-A (Gen 1) and backlit chiclet keyboard (*USB transfer rates may vary. Visit ASUS website for more information)
Cons
  • No performance