With the laptop BR 1100 ASUS took part in the digital CES 2021 presented an ultraportable, but very robust notebook, which in times of the corona pandemic is primarily intended to appeal to and support teachers and students in homeschooling. Not even 300 Euros are called for it.

The ASUS Laptop BR 1100 has a robust housing with an easy-to-use design. It has a modular structure for easy on-site maintenance, which enables quick access to important components. This should minimize IT maintenance, but also downtimes. In addition, rubber buffers are attached to all four outer edges. The keyboard is not only splash-proof, but also treated to prevent bacteria.

A mute button is conveniently integrated directly in the housing for video conferences. The ASUS Laptop BR 1100 is a classic notebook format and a convertible with foldable 360 degrees -Display and touchscreen available. Then it also enables handwritten notes and drawings to be made using a stylus that can be stowed in the housing.

Depending on the equipment, there is either an Intel Pentium Silver N 6000 or an Intel Celeron N 5100 under the hood, or Celeron N 4500, which work natively with two to four computing cores and should have sufficient performance for everyday school life. Up to 16 GB of RAM and a storage option of up to 128 GB eMMC and an M.2 SSD with a maximum of 1 TB technically round off the system. The screen has a diagonal of , 6 inches and works with a native resolution of 1. 366 x 768 pixels. The integrated microphone supports the ASUS two-way AI noise canceling technology and should be able to automatically and effectively filter out disturbing background noises.

The device dials into the Internet via WiFi 6 or Gigabit Ethernet. Even an LTE option for mobile data connection is optionally available. The 42 – Wh-battery should the 12 – Zöller can supply electricity for an entire school day. On the connection side, two USB type A interfaces, a modern type C socket, HDMI and a microSD card reader as well as a 3.5 mm jack socket for connecting headphones are offered. Overall, the homeschooling laptop has dimensions of 294, 6 x 204, 9 x 20 mm and around 1, 26 kg on the scales.

The ASUS Laptop BR 1100 should start this quarter at a price from 299 euros in Germany.