• JasonDJ
    4·
    7 months ago

    I saw a “gaming Chromebook” for $649 (USD) at the big box electronics and appliance store today.

    At first I was astounded, but it did have a high refresh rate display and some type of GeForce iGPU. Apparently designed around cloud gaming. Which is na interesting use case.

    • kwedd@feddit.nl
      1·
      7 months ago

      If I remember correctly, those actually have Steam with Proton built in.

      • JasonDJ
        2·
        7 months ago

        Stadia has been abandoned for long enough I don’t think it’d be used in marketing.

        This was the description:

        Acer - Chromebook 516 GE Cloud Gaming Laptop - 16" 2560x1600 120Hz - Intel Core i5-1240P - 8GB RAM - 256GB SSD

        Looks like it comes with 3 months of GeForce Now and Amazon Luna.

        I was mistaken about the GeForce iGPU - that placard must’ve been for GeForce Now. It has an Iris Xe.

        I think I saw Xbox Game pass in the marketing too.

        Still, pretty cool idea.

    • Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world
      1·
      7 months ago

      Those gaming Chromebooks are so wild. I saw them for $1000!

      The ones I saw a year ago was bragging about playing mobile games and Google Stadia.

      But like… Why! Why spend that much when the alternatives are so much better?

      • JasonDJ
        1·
        7 months ago

        For the price the specs aren’t terrible.

        Depending on need they can be a very effective device. Keep in mind they can also easily run a lot of android packages and Linux. Some come in tablet form factor with a keyboard folio case…I was looking at the Lenovo Duet for a while but ended up buying a OnePlus Pad recently.