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The googlebook os tag on WindowsForum.com follows Google's ChromeOS successor as it reaches retail hardware, including the ASUS Googlebook 14 (CX9406CAA) and its September 2026 US pre-orders. Discussion centers on what $1,299 actually buys: a 0.99 kg ultraportable with a 14-inch 3K OLED touchscreen and Intel Core Ultra 5 325 with 16GB of memory, rather than the Core Ultra 7 and 64GB catalogue configurations early coverage implied. Because these machines ship with Google's operating system instead of Windows, the tag is most useful to readers weighing a non-Windows ultraportable against a similarly priced Windows laptop.
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    ASUS Googlebook 14 Preorders: $1,299 Gets Core Ultra 5, 16GB

    ASUS opened US pre-orders for the Googlebook 14 (CX9406CAA) on September 21, 2026. It is a 0.99 kg ultraportable running Google's Googlebook OS instead of Windows, with a 14-inch 3K OLED touchscreen and Intel Core Ultra Series 3 (Panther Lake) processors. It costs $1,299.99, and ASUS plans shelf...
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