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A fingerprint reader at the right of the keyboard deck lets you sign in after locking the system or skip typing passwords. It has a sliding shutter in the top bezel for privacy.
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The 720p webcam captures colorful, slightly blotchy images with a bit of noise or static.
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Fine details are sharp as with most Chromebooks, you can select from an array of "looks like" faux resolutions-the default is 1,536 by 864-if the native 1080p makes screen elements too small for your liking. Reflections on the touch glass are the only things that spoil extreme viewing angles.Ĭolors are rich and well saturated, and white backgrounds are pristine instead of dingy. The 1080p display offers ample brightness and contrast. The bottom screen bezel isn't particularly thin but is hidden below the keyboard by the ErgoLift hinge overall, Asus claims a nearly borderless 92% screen-to-body ratio. On the right, you'll find a USB 3.2 Type-A port, a microSD card slot, an audio jack, and a security lock slot. The Asus has one on its left side, along with two USB-C ports with Thunderbolt 4 capability, one of which accommodates the AC adapter. We give major props to Chromebooks that have HDMI ports rather than making external monitor users fuss with DisplayPort dongles.

Our business Chromebook Editors' Choice award winner, Lenovo's ThinkPad C13 Yoga Chromebook, is a pound heavier than the CX9 despite its smaller 13.3-inch display, but that goes with its convertible hinge. The HP Elite c1030 Chromebook Enterprise has a 13.5-inch screen with 3:2 instead of the Asus' familiar 16:9 aspect ratio, skewing its proportions to 0.7 by 11.6 by 8.5 inches, and weighs 2.87 pounds. Its aluminum alloy chassis measures 0.71 by 12.7 by 8.1 inches and tips the scales at a trim 2.31 pounds.

(The bottom of the display bezel props the base at a slight angle.) There's barely any flex if you grasp the screen corners or mash the keyboard, which is tilted for comfortable typing by the ErgoLift hinge also seen in Asus' deluxe Windows laptops. Like elite Windows business notebooks, the Asus meets Intel Evo specifications for connectivity and responsiveness and has passed MIL-STD 810H torture tests for shock, vibration, and environmental extremes. Another $100 on top of that gets you a 4K (3,840-by-2,160) resolution display. Stepping up to our $999.99 test unit gets you a quad-core, 2.4GHz Core i5-1135G7 CPU with Intel Iris Xe integrated graphics, 16GB of RAM, and a 256GB SSD (with PCI Express Gen 3 instead of the fractionally faster Gen 4 interface, but that's still far swifter than the eMMC flash storage of cheaper Chromebooks).Īs you'll see in the performance section below, our Core i5 CX9 proved to be one of the fastest Chromebooks we've ever tested, but if you crave still more speed you can spend $1,149.99 for a Core i7-1165G7 model with 512GB SSD.
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The $749.99 base model of the Asus Chromebook CX9 combines an 11th Generation Intel Core i3 processor, 8GB of memory, a 128GB solid-state drive, and a full HD (1,920-by-1,080-pixel) touch screen. Impressively light yet packed with features ranging from a fingerprint reader to Thunderbolt 4 ports, the CX9 is a pricey but strong performer that will please any enterprise that's chosen to adopt Chromebooks. According to Asus, that goes for "cloud-first business," too: The Chromebook CX9 (starts at $749.99 $999.99 as tested) can slug it out with any Windows slimline, but it relies on Chrome OS and Google Workspace. Whether it's the HP EliteBook 840 Aero G8, the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 9, or one of many others, lightweight 14-inch business laptops are the mainstay of traveling executives.
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