REVIEW: The ASUS CX1 is a Big-Screened Laptop You Wouldn’t Mind Losing

When I travel, I want a laptop that I don’t need to baby. One I can leave in a backpack at my seat while I leave and get lunch at a conference, or that I can plunk down on a Starbucks table while I go into the bathroom.

Basically, a computer where if I lost it, broke it, or sacrificed it to the Criminal Element, I wouldn’t feel like I’d just wasted a car payment.

The ASUS CX1 is exactly that. Yet at the same time, it’s a surprisingly capable computer, if most of what you do in involves writing, sending emails and perhaps some light media work.

The CX1 is a Chromebook, which means most of what you do on it will involve web apps, like Google Docs, Gmail and anything you can access in a browser.

The upshot is that Chromebooks are snappy, not polluted with Windows bloatware, immune to viruses, and cheap.