Customer Ratings & Reviews

Wife got sick of Windows bloat and updates and has fallen in love with her new Chromebook.

I really like this little guy. Its as I would describe is a chromebook with a boost. It comes with a Intel I3 processor and 8GB memory and 128GB Storage. Giving it a nice perf bump for a chromebook. And its noticable! Allowing me to perform multible tasks at once for my web presence apps without the need of a full on bult laptop. It works fast and smooth to complete and run several apps at once. I didn't notice much slowdown at all. Which i would with other chromebooks. It will play standard games if you are wanting a break. But this machine is for work IMO or for the high school/College student needing for school. Screen size is nice at 14" and provided a nice bright layout and anti glare. Keyboard is nice and responsive and the unit comes in at 3 pounds. Making the unit portable yet giving a premium experience for daily use. The military grade durability on the casing will take a beating. Overall, nice unit. Definately a bump up from your standard chromebook. Built for everyday use!

Overall a great value for the money. Got on sale, so saved $100.

Great for my daughter’s school work and it’s a great size too

This chromebook is great for the price but the Wifi and Internet conectivity stopped working within 6 months.

Nice Chromebook, great for students or teachers...

I like everything so far but the battery life. Seems to run out faster than my old machine did.

Excellent product!! Service everything I was looking for.

Good Purchase. Not the Best Buy...but a quality buy.

Its brand new but for some reason it lags. The primary reason people buy Chromebooks is for web browsing right???!?

Unfortunately i returned the item for a smaller screen.

Nice chromebook.The sale price should be lower around 250-350 USD.Over Price

The Chromebook was nice, but we got one with a keyboard problem. Best Buy took it back without hassle, so that's good, but I think with a product designed to be as lean as it can get, you're bound to have some that have issues. The paradigm of these Chromebooks is still really useful.

Since COVID in 2020, one of my younger daughters have used Chromebook laptops and to my amazement, she has always been able to do all of her school work on them. But she also uses it for her artwork as she is very talented in that regards. Until recently, I couldn't imagine being able to do as much as she can. However, other than playing games and editing videos, I currently can do most of my work using just a Chrome browser in any computer. And I'm talking about using Microsoft Word, Excel, and other tools as part of Office 365. What does that have to do with this laptop? If most of what you do in a computer is browsing the Internet, using Office or Google Docs, you may not need anything more powerful than this Asus Chromebook. Differently from my daughter's aging Chromebook which came with a Celeron CPU, this one comes with an Intel Core 3 which is very good for this type of laptop. The only downside is that it is mostly cloud based, but isn't most things you do in the clouds nowadays? And yes, it supports many apps offline. The 128GB SSD drive is not that much for some people, but most of us have access to online storage and will not need more than what it comes with. The resolution is only 1080p but in my opinion, it is adequate for a 14-inch screen. No complaints there. Performance is way superior to what my daughter had. Besides the 128GB eMMD drive which is four time as big, the RAM is double that at 8GB. As for battery, it lasted 3 whole mornings with a single charge and unplugged. It was impressive, even for a Chromebook. AI has become a major thing in our family and my wife and my daughter both love NotebookLLM to study school subjects and to learn new medical studies to keep up to speed with recent researches. I do use Gemini for work related tasks. So, an AI focused laptop only makes sense for us. Overall, I find it well built and an excellent value for the price. I gave it to my daughter and she is very happy. She also liked the size, camera, and overall look. While she prefers a tablet for her artwork now, she said that this is perfect for school and play. We all agree.

The ASUS CX14 builds on ASUS' previous successful Chromebooks. Out of the box, it doesn't break any molds or set any revolutionary standards. It maintains the sleek and compact modern design language. The build quality seems decent but truly only time will tell. I have had laptops that seem solid suddenly fall apart at the seams while ones that I were absolutely certain would fail have far outlasted their intended lifespans. In terms of specs, the CX14 is solid. It's got enough RAM and storage for the average person and especially on ChromeOS. The display is satisfactory. It is 1080p. The brightness is usable indoors without much sunlight but anything more and it struggles quite a bit. I think this does help its battery life. Battery life is rated at 10 hours. I was not quite getting that much but still fairly close which is fairly average in terms of battery life for a Chromebook. The port selection was solid. In addition to the USB-C, there is an USB-A and HDMI. As much as I do believe USB-C is the future, the transition seems to be taking a LONG time. In the interim, it's great to have the other ports. The ASUS CX14 Chromebook Plus is a good option if you are looking for a mid-tier priced Chromebook. It is a fairly crowded competition. Chromebooks have an interesting place in the market. I actually used to be a huge fan of Chromebooks in the past. They used to be dirt cheap. Chrome was a good browser back in the day. For people who really want just web browsing and basic productivity tasks that they were fine with using Google apps for and everything being cloud-based, then it made sense. Now there are Chromebook Plus lines that are meant to be more premium in terms of features, storage, processors, etc. with increased pricing while there are now budget laptops at similar prices with a more robust OS. Chrome has also fallen behind as a usable browser and limited extensions. If you are fine with ChromeOS and all its limitations, then the ASUS CX14 is a fine option.

ASUS Chromebook CX14 is our second Chromebook and it came with very decent configuration of 8GB memory, 128GB eMMC, Intel Core processor and 14" FHD Chromebook Plus Laptop with Google AI. Setup is very easy and able to login with my google account. This laptop runs on ChromeOS which is fast and secure operating systems from Google with built-in applications like Gemini, Gmail, Google Docs, Photos, YouTube and much more from Google eco system. With 2X faster intel core processor and double the memory / storage, this Chromebook has much better configuration than my previous Chromebook which was slow while using applications. The battery life is really good and lasting up to 10 hours of usage. With Google AI Gemini, i was able to utilize AI features to compose emails, create content for websites and get many other contents with power of AI. I was able to get Gemini Advanced and 2TB of storage for 12 months at no cost due to Chromebook plus purchase. Also, it allowed me to sign up 3 months of YouTube Premium without any additional cost. This Chromebook is very lightweight and it is easy to carry around. The 14" FHD is perfect size and resolution to do most of the day to day tasks. It has many ports including 1 Audio Jack, 1 USB 3.2 Gen1 Type-C and 1 USB 3.2 Gen1 Type-A. There is nothing to worry about virus as Chromebooks have never had any sort of virus due to the tight security and privacy controls built-in with the operating system. I was able to install Microsoft O365, Adobe Photoshop for photo editing and able to play games without any issues. I can do most of the tasks in this Chromebook and really impressed with the build quality as well. This is one of the good Chromebook with AI features and really good configuration.

Do not buy. It was advertised that you can get a free 12 month Google AI service, but actually cannot be redeemed.

The Asus CX14 Chromebook Plus is a great little laptop. I love Chromebooks in general, and this is not my first Chromebook from Asus, either. What sets the new CX14 apart from the previous models I've reviewed are the latest Intel Core 3 processor (the N355) and a 12 month subscription for Google AI Premium included. The cost for 12 months of AI premium is more than half the MSRP of this Chromebook, and the 2TB AI Premium subscription can be shared with all of the devices on your Google account so it kind of pays for itself from the get-go. #Unboxing# The Asus CX14 comes in a pretty standard laptop box. The only thing I found notable in the packaging of the device was the charger (a pretty standard USB-C 45W charger) was just kinda banging around in the side pocket of the box. Before I opened the box, I was a little concerned from the charger rattling around. Nothing was damaged though. Just a little odd that it wasn't better secured in the packaging. Otherwise, the CX14 feels like a step up from the extreme budget model laptops with decent fit and finish. It has an HDMI port, 2 USB-C ports with DP Alt-mode, a USB-A port, and a headset 3.5mm jack - all on one side of the device. The other side of the Chromebook has a kensington lock port. #Using the CX14# The Asus CX14 exceeds pretty much any expectation that someone might have for a budget laptop, though it might be better to say that it meets the expectations of a veteran Chromebook user. The big step up from cheaper devices is the quality of the display. This is 1080p/FHD display using a panel that's a step up from the standard TN panels you see on cheap windows laptops. I'm not sure whether it's IPS or VA, but it's got great viewing angles and gets more than bright enough for a well-lit indoor school/office environment. I'm not sure it would be bright enough for a day at the beach, but I wouldn't expect that from a device at this price point either. The performance is very good - it only has eMMC storage rather than a full speed NVMe SSD, but with Chrome OS you really don't need high performance storage. You're presented with the standard Perks screen after logging in the first time, so it was easy to take advantage of the 12 months of AI Premium 2TB for free. If you're already subscribed, it just pushes back your billing date by 12 months. If you're on a free trial already, it cancels the existing trial to put the new 12 month plan in place. Once you have AI Premium, you get access to Gemini 2.5 Flash and 2.5 Pro. You can get to them by clicking the Google key (same location as the windows key on a standard keyboard) and tapping Gemini. Flash is very fast and responsive and does a good job with most questions. It even wrote a 2 page story about my twin boys being a Jedi Padawan and ship engineer. Pro is used more for 'real' research and coding. Really the only quibble I have with the CX14 is the lack of a backlit keyboard. It's not advertised as having one, and I'm not sure I'd truly expect it at this price point, but honestly the rest of the laptop feels so nice that I was surprised that it didn't come with backlit keys. #Final thoughts# I'd recommend the Core 3 model of the CX14 to anyone looking for a step-up Chromebook for back to school season. It's priced well for the features it gives you, and the 12 month subscription to AI Premium with 2TB of cloud storage is a fantastic deal for users embedded in the Google ecosystem.

This Chromebook is not what I expected coming from an Apple product.

Wi-Fi keeps disconnecting and that holds on work. Not worth it.