Asus Chromebox 4
$499, www.asus.com
As the way we use computers has changed – and productivity has moved more towards online tools – so has the value of Chrome OS (which powers many of the best Chromebooks). The Asus Chromebox 4 is a good example of what it can do; a box which can handle basically any online tool you can throw at it, and as long as you’re careful not to ask too much of its relatively limited hardware, it’s a machine with a surprising amount of pep for its price.
It’s small and subtle, able
