Name: Asus Chromebook Flip C436
Brand: ASUS
SKU: 61c33448d92ee434044c359d
Rating: 3.1 (114 reviews)

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The size of a 13-inch system, the 14-inch Asus Chromebook Flip C436 2-in-1 advances the state of the Chromebook art.

Eight and three-quarters hours is a solid runtime, but it's much the shortest-lived in this group. The C436 should get you through a workday, but it won't have much left over.

This test showed much the same result, with the Acer opening a bit of a gap over the Asus. The Flip also scored a very respectable 11,501 points in UL's PCMark for Android Work 2.0 benchmark, compared to 11,076 for the Acer and 11,948 for the Dell.

 With its magnesium-aluminum alloy chassis, 10th Generation Intel Core i3 processor, and speedy NVMe solid-state drive instead of eMMC flash storage, the Asus goes toe to toe with chic Windows convertibles. It's a first-rate productivity partner for any member of the Google ecosphere.

Asus Chromebook Flip C436 Review

Hi Guys,

Thinking of getting a Chromebook. I'm used to more premium laptops now so I'm reluctant to get anything plastic. Any suggestions for Chromebooks with nice build quality. Similar to Ultrabooks like XPS/Razer Stealth/Zenbook/Macbook/HP Spectre

<div class="md">Hi Guys,

Thinking of getting a Chromebook. I&#39;m used to more premium laptops now so I&#39;m reluctant to get anything plastic. Any suggestions for Chromebooks with nice build quality. Similar to Ultrabooks like XPS/Razer Stealth/Zenbook/Macbook/HP Spectre
</div>

Premium Chromebook

I run a thinkpad p51 rn, and its a lil on the chunky side. does a chromebook w a i7 16gb ram, and 500gb ssd exist yet?

<div class="md">I run a thinkpad p51 rn, and its a lil on the chunky side. does a chromebook w a i7 16gb ram, and 500gb ssd exist yet?
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is there a desktop-class chromebook yet?

 But the device’s greatest weakness — its battery life — is a significant mark against it. Meanwhile, alternatives like the Pixelbook Go and Asus’ own C434 have lower-powered processors, but still offer good performance and much better battery life at a lower price. If the C436 were cheaper, it might be in the mix. At this price point, I don’t think it is

A big reason for C436’s price jump from its predecessor is that we’ve gotten a processor bump from the C434’s entry-level Core m3 chip. My test model (the base model, priced at $799) has a 10th Gen Intel Core i3-10110U processor coupled with 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage — a generous amount as far as Chromebooks go. That chip would be underpowered among Windows laptops, but Chrome OS is a more efficient operating system and an i3 more than gets the job done here. 

 Throw in the upgraded processor and it’s not surprising that this thing burns through juice pretty quickly. In a day of browsing with a combination of apps and Chrome tabs (running Twitter, Slack, Zoom, Gmail, Reddit, Docs, Sheets, and the like) I got about five hours to a charge (and I could hear the fan most of the time, though it wasn’t terribly loud). Five hours isn’t enough to power through a work day, and it’s dwarfed by more affordable competitors like the Pixelbook Go, which pushed eight hours in our testing. 

 If the C436 were cheaper, it might be in the mix. At this price point, I don’t think it is. 

Asus Chromebook Flip C436 review: pricey, premium Chromebook

What are some suggestions for a solid Chromebook with a Core i7?

<div class="md">What are some suggestions for a solid Chromebook with a Core i7?
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Core i7 Chromebooks

I am using Asus C436, it's a 2-in-1 but in terms of weight it's lighter than Macbook Air even it's a 14" screen, the model I bought also come with USI pen, however it might be a bit pricey for you.

Hi there everyone,
I'm looking to get a portable device for the following use cases. 

1. A portable device that I can take with me while travelling - this means it should be as light as possible and have good battery life
2. An external screen to watch my online lectures on while I take handwritten notes on my main device (a Microsoft Surface Book)

I did some research and came across the Lenovo Duet, which everyone seems to LOVE! And it definitely seems to check all the boxes for my first use case - it's super light, and the battery life seems to be amazing. 
However, I'm a bit worried about using it as a second screen. I'm concerned that the 10" display will be a tad too small for my work. 
So, I was wondering if there are any good alternatives to the Lenovo Duet that offer similar battery life and portability (low weight) with a slightly larger screen, like from 12" upwards. 
This could either be a slate or a convertible laptop. I'm open to both form factors. I'd honestly be fine with a Windows on arm device as well, but I don't think they can compete with Chromebooks (which is why I decided to ask here). 
Thank you so much for your help &amp; have a nice week!

<div class="md">Hi there everyone,
I&#39;m looking to get a portable device for the following use cases. 

<ol>
<li>A portable device that I can take with me while travelling - this means it should be as light as possible and have good battery life</li>
<li>An external screen to watch my online lectures on while I take handwritten notes on my main device (a Microsoft Surface Book)</li>
</ol>

I did some research and came across the Lenovo Duet, which everyone seems to LOVE! And it definitely seems to check all the boxes for my first use case - it&#39;s super light, and the battery life seems to be amazing. 
However, I&#39;m a bit worried about using it as a second screen. I&#39;m concerned that the 10&quot; display will be a tad too small for my work. 
So, I was wondering if there are any good alternatives to the Lenovo Duet that offer similar battery life and portability (low weight) with a slightly larger screen, like from 12&quot; upwards. 
This could either be a slate or a convertible laptop. I&#39;m open to both form factors. I&#39;d honestly be fine with a Windows on arm device as well, but I don&#39;t think they can compete with Chromebooks (which is why I decided to ask here). 
Thank you so much for your help &amp; have a nice week!
</div>

Larger Alternative to the Lenovo Duet?

Pixelbook Go is not that fast enough, I suggest you get something like Acer 713, Lenovo Flex 5, Asus C436 to get more horse power.

Does anyone here use their Chromebook for Rails web development? I'm looking at a Google PixelBook Go... I'm pretty sure I can get Rails + Atom + SSH up and running under Linux (Beta) but I was wondering if any others have already done this...?

<div class="md">Does anyone here use their Chromebook for Rails web development? I&#39;m looking at a Google PixelBook Go... I&#39;m pretty sure I can get Rails + Atom + SSH up and running under Linux (Beta) but I was wondering if any others have already done this...?
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Linux (Beta) + Atom + Ruby on Rails on PixelBook Go

<div class="md">Recently, the sale of Chromebooks has exploded, in no small part due to schools buying them for students during the pandemic. In fact, when I happen upon a Chromebook user online, they are almost always young, or have their school&#39;s website prominently bookmarked if they share their screen. Which leads me to wonder, are there any Chromebook users out there who chose Chrome OS without being influenced by education? If so, why, and what do you use your Chromebooks for?
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Did you get a Chromebook for reasons other than school? If so, why?

I am using Asus C436 which having 200-300 tabs opening all the time, it's still pretty fast.

I got my first Chromebook, Acer C720 Celeron 2GB RAM in 2014 to use for work (mainly word processing). Loved the simplicity. I upgraded to a Dell Chromebook 13 i3 4GB RAM in 2016 and loved the increased power.

I used the Dell Chromebook 13 until last year when it stopped getting updates. It still worked fine and I was using it as my main computer. Around this time I transitioned to working as a freelance writer, so my main use for my laptop is wordprocessing, online research, and some spreadsheets. I can have 20-40 windows open at a time.

Last year I got an Acer Spin 713 i3 8GB RAM which was very powerful but frequently crashed and I had an issue with my browser windows going blank and not refreshing (I had to open a new tab). In December lines suddenly appeared across the screen (my laptop had been sitting at my desk the whole day) and I had to send it back to the store for repair.

While I was waiting for my Acer Spin 713 to come back from repair I had to get another laptop to do my work on. I opted for a budget Acer 314 Celeron 4GB RAM.

The Acer 314 worked surprisingly well as a work laptop. Compared to the Spin 713 complex documents took maybe a second longer to load but that was fine. The main limitation was that it couldn't store quite as many open tabs as the Spin 713, but still managed about 20 without having to reload.

The store said they were having difficulties sending laptops back for repair to the manufacturer (this was during Christmas period) so they gave me a full refund for the Spin 713.

So now I have just my Acer 314 as my working laptop. Unfortunately, it has started to frequently crash and I have to shut it down restart it. Sometimes I have to wait 10-20 mins before it will restart. 

So I'm going to have to send the Acer 314 back to the store for repair, and buy another laptop in the meantime.

I don't know why my recent Chromebooks keep crashing. Is it something I'm doing? I use stock Chrome OS and don't tinker with it. All I can think of is perhaps I'm using faulty Chrome OS extensions so I've deleted as many as I can but this doesn't stop the crashes.

So I'm thinking should I:

* Get another budget Chromebook with Celeron chip and 4 GB RAM, given that it's adequate for my purposes. I travel a lot and I don't want to carry more expensive gear than I need.
* Get a more expensive Chromebook like the Pixelbook Go with Core M3 and 8GB RAM in the hope that the extra power will make crashes less likely (but this wasn't the case with the Acer 713 i3)
* Quit using Chromebooks and get a refurbished MacBook Air (I'm not willing to pay the price of a brand new one)?

If you've got this far, thanks for reading!

<div class="md">I got my first Chromebook, Acer C720 Celeron 2GB RAM in 2014 to use for work (mainly word processing). Loved the simplicity. I upgraded to a Dell Chromebook 13 i3 4GB RAM in 2016 and loved the increased power.

I used the Dell Chromebook 13 until last year when it stopped getting updates. It still worked fine and I was using it as my main computer. Around this time I transitioned to working as a freelance writer, so my main use for my laptop is wordprocessing, online research, and some spreadsheets. I can have 20-40 windows open at a time.

Last year I got an Acer Spin 713 i3 8GB RAM which was very powerful but frequently crashed and I had an issue with my browser windows going blank and not refreshing (I had to open a new tab). There may also have been an issue with the battery as it only lasted about 3 hours. In December lines suddenly appeared across the screen (my laptop had been sitting on my desk the whole day) and I had to send it back to the store for repair.

While I was waiting for my Acer Spin 713 to come back from repair I had to get another laptop to do my work on. I opted for a budget Acer 314 Celeron 4GB RAM.

The Acer 314 worked surprisingly well as a work laptop. Compared to the Spin 713 complex documents took maybe a second longer to load but that was fine. The main limitation was that it couldn&#39;t store quite as many open tabs as the Spin 713, but still managed about 20 without having to reload (I think the Spin 713 could manage at least 40).

The store said they were having difficulties sending laptops back for repair to the manufacturer (this was during Christmas period) so they gave me a full refund for the Spin 713.

So now I have just my Acer 314 as my working laptop. Unfortunately, it has started to frequently crash and I have to shut it down restart it. Sometimes I have to wait 10-20 mins before it will restart. 

So I&#39;m going to have to send the Acer 314 back to the store for repair, and buy another laptop in the meantime to do my work on.

I don&#39;t know why my recent Chromebooks keep crashing. Is it something I&#39;m doing? I use stock Chrome OS and don&#39;t tinker with it. All I can think of is perhaps I&#39;m using faulty Chrome OS extensions so I&#39;ve deleted as many as I can but this doesn&#39;t stop the crashes.

So I&#39;m thinking should I:

<ul>
<li>Get another budget Chromebook with Celeron chip and 4 GB RAM, given that it&#39;s adequate for my purposes. I travel a lot and I don&#39;t want to carry more expensive gear than I need.</li>
<li>Get a more expensive Chromebook like the Pixelbook Go with Core M3 and 8GB RAM in the hope that the extra power will make crashes less likely (but this wasn&#39;t the case with the Acer 713 i3).</li>
<li>Quit using Chromebooks as my last two kept crashing and get a refurbished MacBook Air (I&#39;m not willing to pay the price of a brand new one)?</li>
</ul>

If you&#39;ve got this far, thanks for reading!

EDIT: FOUND THE SOLUTION

I asked the Help Community at <a href="https://support.google.com/chromebook">https://support.google.com/chromebook</a>

They advised me to do a quick browser reset: <a href="https://support.google.com/chromebook/answer/3296214?hl=en">https://support.google.com/chromebook/answer/3296214?hl=en</a> 

Then add the extensions back one by one.

This seems to have worked. Just disabling the browser extensions manual did not work, I needed to do the browser reset too.

My Chromebook is no longer crashing and I&#39;m adding back my extensions one by one to find out which one was the culprit.

Hope this helps anyone with the same issue.
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After using chromebooks for 7 years without issue my chromebooks are now giving me nothing but problems

Yes. Obviously, depending on the Chromebook, this may perform poorly to the point of being unusable. If you are planning on doing this, I recommend 16GB RAM and at least 128GB storage. The 'Hatch' boards have support for nested hardware accelerated virtualization:

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Good afternoon everyone.

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I chose ChromeOS because of its full integration with my Android, the many advantages of having a lightweight, open source-based system, and being able to meet 99.99% of my needs.

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But there is a specific application that I use every couple of months that can only be run on Windows. I can't just run it by CroosOver or similar as it depends on a token that only runs in the full Windows environment. Also I cannot install another HD and do Dual Boot as there is no possibility on my small SSD notebook.

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There is Paralell Space, but it only accepts a business email account and is very expensive in my underdeveloped country with a weak currency, for the same reason buying a second notebook is not an option either.

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So I tried to run a Windows virtual machine in Virtual Box, but this message always comes up on the screen. Can someone please help me? Is it possible to do this with ChromeOS? If yes, how to resolve this error message?

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Thank you all.

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Good afternoon everyone.

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I chose ChromeOS because of its full integration with my Android, the many advantages of having a lightweight, open source-based system, and being able to meet 99.99% of my needs.

&#x200B;

But there is a specific application that I use every couple of months that can only be run on Windows. I can&#39;t just run it by CroosOver or similar as it depends on a token that only runs in the full Windows environment. Also I cannot install another HD and do Dual Boot as there is no possibility on my small SSD notebook.

&#x200B;

There is Paralell Space, but it only accepts a business email account and is very expensive in my underdeveloped country with a weak currency, for the same reason buying a second notebook is not an option either.

&#x200B;

So I tried to run a Windows virtual machine in Virtual Box, but this message always comes up on the screen. Can someone please help me? Is it possible to do this with ChromeOS? If yes, how to resolve this error message?

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Thank you all.
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