Kungekudala sikuxelele iindaba ezimnandi zokuba uGoogle uthathe isigqibo sokwenza ukuba kusebenze usetyenziso lwendalo lwe-Android kwinkqubo eneChannel OS. Oku kuyenzile le nkqubo yedesktop ukuba ibe yeyona ndlela yokwenyani kubasebenzisi abaninzi abanganyanzelisiyo kwaye abafuna ikhompyuter yedesktop kwimisebenzi yemihla ngemihla. Enye into ebalulekileyo kukuba abasebenzisi abaqhelekileyo nge-Android baya kuba lula kakhulu. I-ASUS ibonakala ngathi iyazi ngale nto inokwenzeka, ke ulungiselele i-C301SA, eyona Chromebook intengiso, esele ifumanekile ukuze ibhukishwe. Sikuxelela ukuba yeyiphi le Chromebook intle.
I-C301SA yi-Chromebook enescreen se-13,3-intshi ukuqala, into eyothusayo kuthathelwa ingqalelo ukuba yiChannelbook. Kwelinye icala, Ine-4GB ye-RAM ngaphakathi, into engaqhelekanga kwi-ChromeOS, Oko kukuthi, le ASUS izimisele ukuqhuba nasiphi na isicelo se-Android, kwaye uyiqhube kakuhle, ke ungoyiki. Ngokubhekisele kugcino lwangaphakathi, i-64GB yokugcinwa kwe-SSD engayi kuba yingxaki ngenxa yeedrive zangaphandle.
Kungenzeka njani ukuba kungenjalo, i-ASUS C301SA iza nefayile ye- I Google Play Store sele ifakwe ngaphambili, ukuze uqale ukonwabela yonke i-ecosystem ye-Android kwilaptop ukusuka kumzuzu wokuqala. I-Chrome OS ithathe indawo ebaluleke kakhulu ngokuvumela ukwenziwa kwezicelo ze-Android, kwaye kukuba kule venkile yakwaGoogle siya kufumana umzekelo isuti yonke yeOfisi yeMicrosoft, imveliso engenakubalwa yemveliso, abahleli bevidiyo kunye neefoto, nokunye okuninzi. Kuzo zonke ezi zizathu, olu hlobo lweelaptops ezinamandla ezivela kwisandla seChannel OS kungekudala luya kuba yenye indlela enomdla kakhulu ekuthengiseni iilaptops ezinamaxabiso aphantsi eziya kusivumela ukuba senze ngokulula yonke imisebenzi yemihla ngemihla. Siyakukhumbuza ukuba iya kuba nexabiso elihlazo le- € 299, e-United States of America sele ifumaneka kwi-B & H kwaye kungekudala izakufika kwimarike yaseYurophu.