This Budget ASUS Chromebook Is Now on Sale for Just $190
This refurbished ASUS CX1400 14-inch Chromebook (2022) fills a very specific niche: affordable, simple, and reliable. Currently $189.99 on StackSocial, it’s not trying to compete with premium MacBooks or Windows Ultrabooks. Instead, it aims to give you a powerful everyday computer at a low price without looking or feeling disposable. The 14-inch Full HD display with thin NanoEdge bezels keeps it from looking dated, and at just 3.59 pounds, it’s easy to carry around all day.
Under the hood, the Intel Celeron N4500 processor won’t blow anyone away with its performance. It’s a dual-core processor with a base clock of 1.1GHz that can boost up to 2.8GHz. That’s enough for web browsing, Google Docs, Zoom calls, and live streaming, but not for any serious workloads. The 8GB of RAM is a nice surprise for this price point, as it keeps multiple Chrome tabs from slowing things down. Storage is 128GB of eMMC, which is better than the 64GB you’ll typically find in budget Chromebooks, but it’s still flash storage, not a full-fledged SSD. If you store a lot of files locally, you’ll be short on space, though most Chromebook users use Google Drive anyway.
It’s a Grade A refurbished device, meaning it should look almost like new, and it’s a 2022 model with a one-year warranty. But of course, you’re buying old hardware that won’t get ChromeOS updates forever, though support is guaranteed until June 2031 — that’s another six years of automatic updates, which is actually decent for a budget device. If you want a laptop for travel, a backup for the kids, or just a simple machine for email and streaming, this is a smart buy for under $200 . But if you’re hoping for future-proof performance or want something that can replace a full laptop for work or creative projects, this probably isn’t it.