Hey there.. I bought some very expensive Chromebooks (mostly through ebay) a few years back simply because I was doing some R&D. If your focus is on mobility, thin computing (low OS overhead), and you want a premium look and feel, then some of the high-end Chromebooks are very cool. My favorite still is the Google Pixel book i7, 16 GB, and 512 GB model. It's a great piece of hardware but was never worth the cost. There are many places where ChromeOS works really well. I wound up using it for my employees and we were all connected to the Google App ecosystem. Setting up the computer was as easy as logging in.. the rest was done automatically by the OS. Apps and data were all right there each time I may have needed to swap hardware. ChromeOS is not a gaming ready environment. From an educational or business perspective, it has some value and can be very useful and time saving. Cheers Rick
Just a note.. I've been looking at this for a while. Best Buy had it on sale for $450, and I ordered it last night. I'm excited to see how this works for my workflow. I do a lot of writing and prefer to use a Chromebook, so this may be my new daily driver for that use. I can follow up with more posts once I get it in. Cheers Rick
The screen is about the best you can get on any laptop, let alone a $600 machine. I bought this primarily to use as my daily driver for work because of the screen. Everything I need is web based or Remote Desktop now, so I really appreciate the simplicity of ChromeOS. GeForce Now has been fantastic after hours, but I have a very good internet connection and WiFi 6.
I think that if you want something light, portable, has modern features, a decent amount of ports (by modern standards), and above all a very high-quality screen, something like this makes sense. I could imagine somebody taking this to a coffee shop to work on a writing project, or doing some web development from the comfort of a local park (made possible by the fact that it has a matte screen instead of a glossy reflective one). I dunno, at half the price of an equivalent MacBook, a screen that is at least not embarrassed by comparison, but with many more ports, I can see this being a compelling option. And, yeah, I guess you could do some gaming, too. That just doesn't seem, to me at least, to be the best use for it.
So I guess I'll chime in. I'm probably one of the people that this is marketed to. I have several Chromebooks including the base pixelbook go, and the Samsung Galaxy Chromebook, both considered relatively high-end with the latter having a 4k screen. Although I didn't pay the market price for them. At that price point, you really decided already that Chrome OS is your preferred platform so that's why you would even look at an above $500 Chromebook instead of a windows equivalent. This was one laptop I was looking at, but I know that that the steam beta is not quite finished so I was going to wait until that was ready for the market and by then the price would likely have dropped. So this could be an eventual purchase of mine . Great content by the way
Would you say it would be a good alternative for your basic gamer? Like casually playing cod every other night and doing research papers? for a college student 😅
@@yummimuffuun6496 well I don't want to misdirect anybody. I believe call of duty is available on xCloud which is really what this laptop is geared toward. Until reviews come out about how games perform native when steam is out of beta, I wouldn't purchase it on those bases. Everything else will be solid.
Ya, I just picked up this Chromebook and it's pretty great for someone who uses ChromeOS every day. I also had the Samsung galaxy Chromebook 4k and ya this is an upgrade over that.
Yeah I wonder about Chromebooks in general..i mean chrome ecosystem is present on Windows, Android. In terms of cloud gaming You can do the same with any laptop with 120hz screen. Maybe 90hz isn't bad either. So Best buy has the Zen book 4 90hz, OLED same processor same RAM or more for 549$ at least it was yesterday. I have the Acer 713 (2020) with 10th i5 8 gb RAM and played Xbox cloud relatively well and better with an Ethernet adapter. Luna games played well as well. I also tried on my PC laptop 10th gen i5 16gb Ram rtx 2060 and it played really well, maybe better cuz of the RAM and processor. Played Doom(2016), Ori, Ghost song, Fortnite (can only be played through browser not the Xbox app on Win or game pass beta on Chromebook). I feel like it was clearer and crisper on my laptop vs the Chromebook even though the laptop is 1080p but 120hz less sRGB coverage, vs 2k 60hz (although I think Xbox cloud is 1080p 60fps max anyways for now). But I agree, unless you're doing GeForce now for the multiplayer it's not that great lol... I think cloud gaming is really good for Indy games, rpg, platformers and campaign FPS/3PS (especially with an Ethernet connection I don't care if you have 6E or whatever comes next,wired will always be more consistent)..but it does play well with WiFi (Ori was flawless). I haven't tried GFN but will burn 20$ it to see how good it is. I will say that 120hz only works in Chrome OS not Android or Linux based on reviews. So you're stuck to 60hz for that if you do steam. Also try not playing in full screen mode.. the same thing happened with my my mouse and Xbox controller in full screen mode.. got all janky but was perfect not in full screen. This is for ppl who are tinkerers but mostly heavy into chrome OS and casual or mobile gamers. Because you can access Xbox cloud, GeForce now and Luna on PCs, android,. Macs and Xboxes. Think portable Xbox series S and portable monitor. I would say that if you're an Xbox and ultimate game pass owner this might be a good compliment if you don't have a PC. But I think cloud gaming can give new life to older laptops and even desktops or Xboxes, now and in the future. GTX 1650 and RTX 2000s will do fine cloud gaming with more RAM and better CPUs and GPUs even though the majority of lifting for graphics will be done server side or virtual machine. But was interested to see some gameplay besides what Chrome unboxed showed on their channel..it does have decent specs that on a windows system would cost the same or more. Maybe we have to open our eyes more, idk... sorry for the lengthy discussion here lol.
Just saying if you were to spend the same amount on a Windows Laptop the hardware will be trash in comparison. For someone who has adapted to using Chrome OS full time I am fully prepared to spend over 1000 to get a premium device. I'm totally waiting for the HP Elite Dragon Fly Chromebook with 12th gen i7 to come to Canada. It has everything I would ever need in a device with premium build quality. In my opinion, if an OS does everything you need, you should be able to pay more to have better or premium hardware to go along with it. I'm happy to see more options like this in the Chromebook market.
@@sultanmahmood7094 small update for my side. I recently bought a new Acer Chromebook spin 714 with 12th gen. I7 processor and iris XE graphics. The new steam for Chromebook beta just launched on the stable channel for my Chromebook and the experience is actually really good. I can now play call of duty, black ops and modern warfare relatively well on my laptop. I'm also using Luma fusion to edit vlog style videos for my family works very well. Exporting 4K 15 to 20 minute videos within 5 to 10 minutes.
@@sultanmahmood7094 I don't know if your current Chromebook qualifies for the Chromebook plus updates but highly recommend getting a Chromebook that is under the new Chromebook plus category. Mine is and I received the updates and the new features work very well.
Hey there guys. I'm a fan of chromebooks. I've bought some expensive units and it's about the experience. Sort of like Razer vs an Acer Nitro. Specs could be similar, but the build quality and experience is probably going to be much better on the Razer. Right now I'm watching your video and doing other work on a Lenovo Yoga 630 4k i5 Chromebook. They don't really make sense for most folks. They are a hobby for me and I still really like them. I'm probably going to get this unit simply becuase it's unique and I'd like to have it for writing and basic light use. I can leave my big computers in the office and just have something to doodle on that's quick and simple to operate. If you want to look at a unit that was WAY too expensive, take a look at the white pixelbook that was the i7, 16gb, and 512gb. That unit was $1600+ lol.. I have one of those too and it's a great little computer. I did not pay retail however ;). Anyway, thanks for the video. Cheers Rick
I'm all ChromeOS at home and have all Google stuff. Makes life so much easier. I would definitely buy this at some point, but will still tinker with my Pixelbook Go.
No you still have to pay for geforce now and if you play the free version it only lets you play for 2 hours and it takes hours loading up the game. And it just wouldn't be useful like windows. I have a chromebook and i hate it.
All the people in the comments making stupid comments because they don't understand this device. It's a Chromebook. It's for people that want Chrome OS, and the cloud ecosystem. It isn't SUPPOSED to be compete with windows Gaming Laptops. That's not what it's made for, and that's not how they market it. It's not MEANT to play games natively (except maybe android games, which it does very well). It's built for cloud gaming. And this thing will do Cloud gaming WAY better than a similarly priced windows laptop will game natively. Period. That isn't even debatable, and if you think it is, you don't know as much about current tech as you think. You guys in the comments (and the Toasty Bros too for that matter), are basically buying a toaster and complaining that you can't microwave a turkey with it.
I see the use case for this. I’m a parent of 2, so for school for the kiddos: it is a Chromebook. It can also stream games from my Xbox ultimate gamepass account / any other streaming services.They don’t need to use my hardware, especially as hardware outdates itself. Yes, the latency can be a thing, but for kids that don’t play competitive games, I sincerely doubt they will notice or even care. Plus, as this is streaming, not running off of hardware, I imagine this will increase the lifespan of the product and it’s (lack there of) components. Honestly, I don’t find this to be a terrible product at all. I say bravo!
I agree with the idea of having a chromebook for the kids for school and to game a bit on the side. And I agree that latency probably doesn’t matter so much for the kids just casually playing some games. But then my question for you is, why do you need a 16” 120Hz display for your kids to play casual games? Could you not get a very similar experience from a more affordable 60Hz chromebook?
you guys should consider using & setting up timer resolution. its a program that doesnt really use any resources & lowers your latency by alot. it helps mainly with lower spec pcs but its still good on higher end ones as well
Awesome video and chromebooks are stepping up now but I still don't like cloud horse power, And can you guys review the yeyian kunai gaming pc with a 3060, I'm really scared of crapy power supplys in some pre built, I'd build one myself but I have to ship components individually internationally so it's really not a good idea for me but buying a complete pc that can be upgraded unlike oems is a good idea for me and you guys have been sponsored by yeyian before, Thanks very much toasty bros for all the awesome stuff you do.
I have a spin 713 that I’ve had for 3 years, and I bought it for family use and pictures, but other than that it sat and collected dust. I was curious about cloud gaming and pulled it out because it was a higher end Chromebook, and it works great. I’m going to buy a ps5 sounding to spend 20 a month but the fact it works as good as it does it a nice surprise. The not so nice surprise is the price of a higher end Chromebook, and spending 20 a month for GeForce, so you can have a higher quality rig, and actually be able to take advantage of the 120 fps screen
I agree. This is a great Chromebook. But as a gaming device I think it is over priced for what it is compared to other windows laptops that already exist in this price point. Sure it is good for cloud gaming. But it is marketed as a gaming device and it just cannot deliver the same gaming experience as a similarly priced windows laptop.
I have a Acer 315 I use Xbox Game Pass using Cloud Gaming with a usb cable and Xbox remote simple and I love it not paying for multiple things and keep my games across all my platforms and don’t have to carry much and can hotspot from most places I am at away from home works perfect for me
People buy Chromebook for the super fast OS and the cloud ecosystem. If you don't want that, that's fine, then don't buy a Chromebook. But you will never get a windows laptop for this price that is as fast.
So, if you have a kid or a job that requires a chromebook, but you get to pick what one, this might be a good choice because it's a really nice high end system if you NEED a high end chromebook
For anyone stumbling across this in 2024, it is actually pretty good now. Steam has done a ton of work on the proton compatibility layer so its actually pretty decent at running older/indie games. Though geforce now is still the way to go if you want anything triple a. Never had any mouse issues so not sure what was going on with there mouse in this video. I also recommend the new gen 2 version, its about on par performance wise at last year but it gets better battery life, runs cooler, and has a decent bump to speaker and keyboard backlight
Me, too. Must of the device is nice. The speakers are awful. It'll be hard to find a better Chromebook deal, but I don't want to have trash speakers for the years I'll be using this device.
using a chromebook go right now...i can barely run roblox and it has 20 avalible gigs for 3-400$ and mine is MANAGED when i own it pray for me yall its also really slow when the battery is low borderline unusable
It’s $450 now. I’m an occasional gamer. I need something with good battery life so I was considering chromebook. I only need a laptop for Google programs like gmail and sheets and for an extra hundred bucks, I figured this was worth it.
Just a followup: This thing is beautiful. This screen is ridiculous at $450. I'm playing Battlefield 2042 with ethernet at like 125 fps. Rare glitches. Latency far better than my PS4. A little better than my PS5. I happen to get 400 mbps, though. Still, I do not regret this purcahse at this price. They basically nailed everything. Keyboard RGB is evend im enough that I can set it to white and not worry about people at work calling me a virgin for having RGB. It just looks backlit. I was considering returning if I didn't like it and I'm definitely keeping it. My only concern is the DAC. Seems fine but I need to listen to more music. Also, the track pad is huge. I keep selecting entire sentences with my palm and deleting them when I continue to type. I'll start using my mouse soon because track pads are awful but it's definitely been a problem.
I wonder how running parallels with windows on this chromebook performs since you can run windows on this chromebook with parallels as a virtual machine.
I paid 272 refurbished from and I haven't received it yet but I can't really be that used considering they've only been out for like a year and I'm guessing a lot of people sent them back because they thought they were real gaming laptops like windows-based Windows based native gaming
Only certain Samsung chrome books can actually game .... simply because of the chipsets they use ... even then they are limited .... however they run Linux... so theoretically you could run games with an external ssd
I don't know if its the performance of the laptop but csgo has never really worked as the windows version thats why you use proton or maybe it is steam beta
In my mind it just doesn't make sense. If you need something that's very limited but cheap and portable get a tablet with the keyboard otherwise just get a math or Windows laptop.
Also premium Chromebook option and have been a thing since the pixelbook 1. If you want ab expensive Chromebook go for an HP dragonfly Ryzen powered Chromebook
I honestly feel like if you want a good quality game streaming computer, I would buy an older thinkpad off ebay as it would be a good quality device and would work just as well as long as it has ethernet.. The screen quality will vary though. For thin client applications, the on-board hardware doesn't matter that much as long as it can quickly decode the video stream. I have this kind of setup at home, only with a custom gaming PC running my games on my local network and I really like this application because I can go from my desktop to my couch in seconds. just have to remember to pause the game :) I am a rather seasoned PC gamer at this point and so the extra latency is obvious but was easy for me to get used to as its only about 3-5 ms All that said, I would not recommend services like GeForce Now as your only way of playing games because the server is not on your local network, and thus will have more latency, likely around 20+ ms, which is borderline unplayable for me.
Tell me you think you know more about current tech than you actually do, without telling me you think you know more about current tech than you actually do.
Once you realise that Chrome OS is fully usuable with Linux this actualy seems like a pretty sweet deal. Not sure why it is not just a Linux computer but that is maybe a discussion for an other time
I think you guys should consider target audience when reviewing. Obviously a gaming chromebook for this price range wont be the best machine to play shooting games on, especially if you’re an experienced gamer. For someone who wants to use the laptop for uni work and be able to play RPGs (like me), I’d say it looks pretty good lol.
I feel like someone who does not know much about laptops or pc in general would buy this product and end up having no use for it.Valorant becoming a pretty big game and pretty easy to run would see this and buy it but it could not run val and I just helped somone who almost bought this for val.
some people dont get the practicality of this device. im a student in school and use a laptop at work. i dont want a 600$ laptop that looks like its from space and lights up out of this world. this device is minimal and can disable the embarassing flashy lights and it look like a normal work or school computer but still able to function in a way where from time to time i can game. its not meant to just be a gaming laptop.
You are testing Steam in a manner that is predestined for failure. Linux is fine, but the Chromebook hardware is not advertised for playing locally installed games. You need an updated video about using this Chromebook as a Steam client, streaming from a more powerful machine, preferably a machine with a modern graphics card, whether Windows or Linux. Then again, you need a powerful graphics card to render the 1440p frames for best visuals to match that of the Chromebook.
Tell me you think you know more about current tech than you actually do, without telling me you think you know more about current tech than you actually do.
I just wanted it for the good screen and that runs smooth and Powers up smooth and has good battery life and that it has a good build quality I don't necessarily need to stream games I don't really want to spend like $2,000 on a gaming laptop I just mostly I'm going to store some pictures on it and my dash cam videos once in awhile also I've never been able to afford a high-end Windows machine so everything I do on Windows seems to not be as quick as I want it to be and when you're just mostly browsing the web on RUclips and Facebook and stuff like that with a bigger screen than what a tablet gives you easy easy way to store a few files because in reality even if someone had a 4090 what do they really do on their PC
This have better specs than my lenovo win laptop for the same price. Dont get why is chromebook when it can run win 10 with no problem and still run cloud gaming. The screen seems great.
Recently bought one for schoolwork... was not surprised it crashed when trying to run bigger games lol it's not bad, but "gaming" is misleading. I guess that's what you get for $450.
Just got it for $450 and got it for my mom no she’s not going to game but I thought it was better than buying a cheaper laptop that would probably break within a year or two
There is a lenovo model with an i3 for $400 at Walmart. It has the same display as this gaming chromebook though, which is most of the selling point for this laptop anyways. IMO of all the "gaming chromebooks" that launched, this lower spec $400 is the only one that makes sense, bc it can cloud game just as well as the $650 gaming chromebooks. And there are no $400 windows laptops that can come close in terms of that display, nor any $400 windows laptops that can deliver decent local gaming. However, there are lots of $650 windows laptops that can game locally very well and a few $650 windows laptops with really nice displays similar to this one.
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someone's parent is going to buy this for Christmas thinking it's an actual gaming laptop
i feel bad for the kid who does get it😭
My parents already made that mistake😭
@@kovaq6009 😭😭😭
@@kovaq6009 see if you can return it
Parent better buy that kid a lifetime of geforce now
Hey there.. I bought some very expensive Chromebooks (mostly through ebay) a few years back simply because I was doing some R&D. If your focus is on mobility, thin computing (low OS overhead), and you want a premium look and feel, then some of the high-end Chromebooks are very cool. My favorite still is the Google Pixel book i7, 16 GB, and 512 GB model. It's a great piece of hardware but was never worth the cost. There are many places where ChromeOS works really well. I wound up using it for my employees and we were all connected to the Google App ecosystem. Setting up the computer was as easy as logging in.. the rest was done automatically by the OS. Apps and data were all right there each time I may have needed to swap hardware. ChromeOS is not a gaming ready environment. From an educational or business perspective, it has some value and can be very useful and time saving.
Cheers
Rick
Hi
Just a note.. I've been looking at this for a while. Best Buy had it on sale for $450, and I ordered it last night. I'm excited to see how this works for my workflow. I do a lot of writing and prefer to use a Chromebook, so this may be my new daily driver for that use. I can follow up with more posts once I get it in.
Cheers
Rick
@@AirGunWeb I like how you say "Cheers, Rick"
@@GameOver-nm2us - yeah. It’s my thing ;)
Cheers
Rick
The screen is about the best you can get on any laptop, let alone a $600 machine. I bought this primarily to use as my daily driver for work because of the screen. Everything I need is web based or Remote Desktop now, so I really appreciate the simplicity of ChromeOS. GeForce Now has been fantastic after hours, but I have a very good internet connection and WiFi 6.
Same. Great screen for the price, not to mention a 12th gen i5 and its a snappy little device!
@@shepardcommander9960 it’s not really RGB like on a gaming keyboard. You can just change the color of the keyboard backlight. It’s static.
you still gotta remember that chromeOS is still a version of linux, with some work you would definetly get almost all steam games installed
I think that if you want something light, portable, has modern features, a decent amount of ports (by modern standards), and above all a very high-quality screen, something like this makes sense. I could imagine somebody taking this to a coffee shop to work on a writing project, or doing some web development from the comfort of a local park (made possible by the fact that it has a matte screen instead of a glossy reflective one). I dunno, at half the price of an equivalent MacBook, a screen that is at least not embarrassed by comparison, but with many more ports, I can see this being a compelling option. And, yeah, I guess you could do some gaming, too. That just doesn't seem, to me at least, to be the best use for it.
So I guess I'll chime in. I'm probably one of the people that this is marketed to. I have several Chromebooks including the base pixelbook go, and the Samsung Galaxy Chromebook, both considered relatively high-end with the latter having a 4k screen. Although I didn't pay the market price for them. At that price point, you really decided already that Chrome OS is your preferred platform so that's why you would even look at an above $500 Chromebook instead of a windows equivalent. This was one laptop I was looking at, but I know that that the steam beta is not quite finished so I was going to wait until that was ready for the market and by then the price would likely have dropped. So this could be an eventual purchase of mine . Great content by the way
Would you say it would be a good alternative for your basic gamer? Like casually playing cod every other night and doing research papers? for a college student 😅
@@yummimuffuun6496 well I don't want to misdirect anybody. I believe call of duty is available on xCloud which is really what this laptop is geared toward. Until reviews come out about how games perform native when steam is out of beta, I wouldn't purchase it on those bases. Everything else will be solid.
Great comment. I'm a big Chrome fan too.
Ya, I just picked up this Chromebook and it's pretty great for someone who uses ChromeOS every day.
I also had the Samsung galaxy Chromebook 4k and ya this is an upgrade over that.
@@foxyccc1316 pwow, that's really interesting. How does it handle the heat? And how does the screen compare to the 4K display?
Honestly surprised that it performed that well for a Chromebook. It will probably pretty decent for emulation.
Yeah I wonder about Chromebooks in general..i mean chrome ecosystem is present on Windows, Android. In terms of cloud gaming You can do the same with any laptop with 120hz screen. Maybe 90hz isn't bad either. So Best buy has the Zen book 4 90hz, OLED same processor same RAM or more for 549$ at least it was yesterday. I have the Acer 713 (2020) with 10th i5 8 gb RAM and played Xbox cloud relatively well and better with an Ethernet adapter. Luna games played well as well. I also tried on my PC laptop 10th gen i5 16gb Ram rtx 2060 and it played really well, maybe better cuz of the RAM and processor. Played Doom(2016), Ori, Ghost song, Fortnite (can only be played through browser not the Xbox app on Win or game pass beta on Chromebook). I feel like it was clearer and crisper on my laptop vs the Chromebook even though the laptop is 1080p but 120hz less sRGB coverage, vs 2k 60hz (although I think Xbox cloud is 1080p 60fps max anyways for now). But I agree, unless you're doing GeForce now for the multiplayer it's not that great lol... I think cloud gaming is really good for Indy games, rpg, platformers and campaign FPS/3PS (especially with an Ethernet connection I don't care if you have 6E or whatever comes next,wired will always be more consistent)..but it does play well with WiFi (Ori was flawless). I haven't tried GFN but will burn 20$ it to see how good it is. I will say that 120hz only works in Chrome OS not Android or Linux based on reviews. So you're stuck to 60hz for that if you do steam. Also try not playing in full screen mode.. the same thing happened with my my mouse and Xbox controller in full screen mode.. got all janky but was perfect not in full screen. This is for ppl who are tinkerers but mostly heavy into chrome OS and casual or mobile gamers. Because you can access Xbox cloud, GeForce now and Luna on PCs, android,. Macs and Xboxes. Think portable Xbox series S and portable monitor. I would say that if you're an Xbox and ultimate game pass owner this might be a good compliment if you don't have a PC. But I think cloud gaming can give new life to older laptops and even desktops or Xboxes, now and in the future. GTX 1650 and RTX 2000s will do fine cloud gaming with more RAM and better CPUs and GPUs even though the majority of lifting for graphics will be done server side or virtual machine. But was interested to see some gameplay besides what Chrome unboxed showed on their channel..it does have decent specs that on a windows system would cost the same or more. Maybe we have to open our eyes more, idk... sorry for the lengthy discussion here lol.
Ayyy let’s go I attend SNHU that’s wild they would sponsor so cool
Just saying if you were to spend the same amount on a Windows Laptop the hardware will be trash in comparison. For someone who has adapted to using Chrome OS full time I am fully prepared to spend over 1000 to get a premium device. I'm totally waiting for the HP Elite Dragon Fly Chromebook with 12th gen i7 to come to Canada. It has everything I would ever need in a device with premium build quality. In my opinion, if an OS does everything you need, you should be able to pay more to have better or premium hardware to go along with it. I'm happy to see more options like this in the Chromebook market.
Same here, using a chromebook and the experience is really smooth as compared to windows
@@sultanmahmood7094 small update for my side. I recently bought a new Acer Chromebook spin 714 with 12th gen. I7 processor and iris XE graphics.
The new steam for Chromebook beta just launched on the stable channel for my Chromebook and the experience is actually really good. I can now play call of duty, black ops and modern warfare relatively well on my laptop. I'm also using Luma fusion to edit vlog style videos for my family works very well. Exporting 4K 15 to 20 minute videos within 5 to 10 minutes.
@@sultanmahmood7094 I don't know if your current Chromebook qualifies for the Chromebook plus updates but highly recommend getting a Chromebook that is under the new Chromebook plus category. Mine is and I received the updates and the new features work very well.
i love your videos! keep up the work🎉
You guys are on a serious grindset. Respect
Hey there guys. I'm a fan of chromebooks. I've bought some expensive units and it's about the experience. Sort of like Razer vs an Acer Nitro. Specs could be similar, but the build quality and experience is probably going to be much better on the Razer. Right now I'm watching your video and doing other work on a Lenovo Yoga 630 4k i5 Chromebook. They don't really make sense for most folks. They are a hobby for me and I still really like them. I'm probably going to get this unit simply becuase it's unique and I'd like to have it for writing and basic light use. I can leave my big computers in the office and just have something to doodle on that's quick and simple to operate. If you want to look at a unit that was WAY too expensive, take a look at the white pixelbook that was the i7, 16gb, and 512gb. That unit was $1600+ lol.. I have one of those too and it's a great little computer. I did not pay retail however ;). Anyway, thanks for the video.
Cheers
Rick
Are you the same "AirGunWeb" Rick?
I'm all ChromeOS at home and have all Google stuff. Makes life so much easier. I would definitely buy this at some point, but will still tinker with my Pixelbook Go.
No you still have to pay for geforce now and if you play the free version it only lets you play for 2 hours and it takes hours loading up the game. And it just wouldn't be useful like windows. I have a chromebook and i hate it.
All the people in the comments making stupid comments because they don't understand this device. It's a Chromebook. It's for people that want Chrome OS, and the cloud ecosystem. It isn't SUPPOSED to be compete with windows Gaming Laptops. That's not what it's made for, and that's not how they market it. It's not MEANT to play games natively (except maybe android games, which it does very well). It's built for cloud gaming. And this thing will do Cloud gaming WAY better than a similarly priced windows laptop will game natively. Period. That isn't even debatable, and if you think it is, you don't know as much about current tech as you think. You guys in the comments (and the Toasty Bros too for that matter), are basically buying a toaster and complaining that you can't microwave a turkey with it.
Cope level maximum.
Been waiting for a good review video on this, always been curious
I see the use case for this. I’m a parent of 2, so for school for the kiddos: it is a Chromebook.
It can also stream games from my Xbox ultimate gamepass account / any other streaming services.They don’t need to use my hardware, especially as hardware outdates itself. Yes, the latency can be a thing, but for kids that don’t play competitive games, I sincerely doubt they will notice or even care. Plus, as this is streaming, not running off of hardware, I imagine this will increase the lifespan of the product and it’s (lack there of) components.
Honestly, I don’t find this to be a terrible product at all. I say bravo!
I agree with the idea of having a chromebook for the kids for school and to game a bit on the side. And I agree that latency probably doesn’t matter so much for the kids just casually playing some games. But then my question for you is, why do you need a 16” 120Hz display for your kids to play casual games? Could you not get a very similar experience from a more affordable 60Hz chromebook?
@@MoChuang343 well, need is certainly a strong word in this case... but a larger screen with a high refresh rate is never a bad thing.
you guys should consider using & setting up timer resolution. its a program that doesnt really use any resources & lowers your latency by alot. it helps mainly with lower spec pcs but its still good on higher end ones as well
what? why does this have 15 likes. timer resolution is for windows not chrome, and they're using geforce now not native games
@@xin215 that’s exactly what I thought lol
Awesome video and chromebooks are stepping up now but I still don't like cloud horse power,
And can you guys review the yeyian kunai gaming pc with a 3060,
I'm really scared of crapy power supplys in some pre built,
I'd build one myself but I have to ship components individually internationally so it's really not a good idea for me but buying a complete pc that can be upgraded unlike oems is a good idea for me and you guys have been sponsored by yeyian before,
Thanks very much toasty bros for all the awesome stuff you do.
I have a spin 713 that I’ve had for 3 years, and I bought it for family use and pictures, but other than that it sat and collected dust. I was curious about cloud gaming and pulled it out because it was a higher end Chromebook, and it works great. I’m going to buy a ps5 sounding to spend 20 a month but the fact it works as good as it does it a nice surprise. The not so nice surprise is the price of a higher end Chromebook, and spending 20 a month for GeForce, so you can have a higher quality rig, and actually be able to take advantage of the 120 fps screen
Honestly, I wish this wasn't marketed as a "gaming laptop" but as a really competent computer that can also play games.
It's not. It's marketed as a gaming CHROMEBOOK, which is good at CLOUDGAMING, which it is. Pay attention
I agree. This is a great Chromebook. But as a gaming device I think it is over priced for what it is compared to other windows laptops that already exist in this price point.
Sure it is good for cloud gaming. But it is marketed as a gaming device and it just cannot deliver the same gaming experience as a similarly priced windows laptop.
Gaming and Chromebook are two things that shouldn't be together
Why? You can enable proton via steam and get a more powerful chromebook than the steamdeck
Never ever
@@jimmymac2292 nah, the steam deck is more comparible to a i7-12800H
i mean it kinda works tho……
@@jimmymac2292 depends. This particular Chromebook has worse GPU though
i mean there are ways to flash windows 10 onto chromebooks, so if someone does that honestly this would be pretty solid
I have a Acer 315 I use Xbox Game Pass using Cloud Gaming with a usb cable and Xbox remote simple and I love it not paying for multiple things and keep my games across all my platforms and don’t have to carry much and can hotspot from most places I am at away from home works perfect for me
Interesting. I am not sure I would pay $600 over a similar laptop with Widows.
People buy Chromebook for the super fast OS and the cloud ecosystem. If you don't want that, that's fine, then don't buy a Chromebook. But you will never get a windows laptop for this price that is as fast.
@@Pharto_Stinkus I'm pretty sure you can
@@galacthicc693 not even close.
@@Pharto_Stinkus You can build a whole PC with a rx 6500 graphics card for around 550 ... But yeah sure it will never be as fast as a Chromebook....
@@galacthicc693 we're talking about laptops.
love yalls videos :)
ChromeOS is awesome. Very easy to use and simple. This is an interesting product.
I've been waiting for the toasty bros video on this
So, if you have a kid or a job that requires a chromebook, but you get to pick what one, this might be a good choice because it's a really nice high end system if you NEED a high end chromebook
at that point, something like the Ideapad 3 from Lenovo could be a better choice for a similar price as it has a dedicated GPU and whatnot.
ChromeOS is where it's at. So good.
I love to scoop abominations like that for peanuts, it'll be on sale half price next February!
For anyone stumbling across this in 2024, it is actually pretty good now. Steam has done a ton of work on the proton compatibility layer so its actually pretty decent at running older/indie games. Though geforce now is still the way to go if you want anything triple a.
Never had any mouse issues so not sure what was going on with there mouse in this video.
I also recommend the new gen 2 version, its about on par performance wise at last year but it gets better battery life, runs cooler, and has a decent bump to speaker and keyboard backlight
I bought it for $449 from the Best Buy Store on EBay, 3/13....seems like a good price for the specs. I'll know for sure tomorrow!
Me, too. Must of the device is nice. The speakers are awful. It'll be hard to find a better Chromebook deal, but I don't want to have trash speakers for the years I'll be using this device.
You enjoy it?
@@Coyotebongwater97 I really like it. I don't use it as a gaming computer. The gaming specs gives me a fast response, experience...
using a chromebook go right now...i can barely run roblox and it has 20 avalible gigs for 3-400$ and mine is MANAGED when i own it pray for me yall
its also really slow when the battery is low borderline unusable
Remember my wife thought she got a deal for my son and got a chrome book, it’s a laaptop…. Lol … he almost divorced us
would be cool if google also had some sort of cloud gaming service
stadia
Couldn't you replace Chrome OS with Steam OS or Windows? If I had this Chromebook, I'd probably try doing something like that
It’s $450 now. I’m an occasional gamer. I need something with good battery life so I was considering chromebook. I only need a laptop for Google programs like gmail and sheets and for an extra hundred bucks, I figured this was worth it.
Just a followup: This thing is beautiful. This screen is ridiculous at $450. I'm playing Battlefield 2042 with ethernet at like 125 fps. Rare glitches. Latency far better than my PS4. A little better than my PS5. I happen to get 400 mbps, though. Still, I do not regret this purcahse at this price. They basically nailed everything. Keyboard RGB is evend im enough that I can set it to white and not worry about people at work calling me a virgin for having RGB. It just looks backlit. I was considering returning if I didn't like it and I'm definitely keeping it. My only concern is the DAC. Seems fine but I need to listen to more music. Also, the track pad is huge. I keep selecting entire sentences with my palm and deleting them when I continue to type. I'll start using my mouse soon because track pads are awful but it's definitely been a problem.
I wonder how running parallels with windows on this chromebook performs since you can run windows on this chromebook with parallels as a virtual machine.
I paid 272 refurbished from and I haven't received it yet but I can't really be that used considering they've only been out for like a year and I'm guessing a lot of people sent them back because they thought they were real gaming laptops like windows-based Windows based native gaming
Are you guys from the NH area?
great video guys💯
Great video guys!!!
So get rid of the RGB, uninstall the game streaming software, and you have a decent chrome book that hopefully doesn't have a garbage keyboard.
Only certain Samsung chrome books can actually game .... simply because of the chipsets they use ... even then they are limited .... however they run Linux... so theoretically you could run games with an external ssd
The problem is that the 120hz only works in Chrome OS. Android apps and Linux will be stuck at 60hz
Some parent who isn’t tech savvy is gonna buy this for their kid thinking it’s an actual gaming laptop and that’s the saddest thing about this
I have a gaming Chromebook too, it's a Dell Chromebook 11 3180.
For $650 you can literally just buy a regular gaming laptop with a gtx 1650 or even an rtx 3050
I don't know if its the performance of the laptop but csgo has never really worked as the windows version thats why you use proton or maybe it is steam beta
In my mind it just doesn't make sense. If you need something that's very limited but cheap and portable get a tablet with the keyboard otherwise just get a math or Windows laptop.
I watch these videos despite not liking laptops in general.
You don't have to be in dev mode to install steam's use the Linux envirent, and you can play any games (almost) please use the proton layer on steam
Also premium Chromebook option and have been a thing since the pixelbook 1. If you want ab expensive Chromebook go for an HP dragonfly Ryzen powered Chromebook
I honestly feel like if you want a good quality game streaming computer, I would buy an older thinkpad off ebay as it would be a good quality device and would work just as well as long as it has ethernet.. The screen quality will vary though.
For thin client applications, the on-board hardware doesn't matter that much as long as it can quickly decode the video stream. I have this kind of setup at home, only with a custom gaming PC running my games on my local network and I really like this application because I can go from my desktop to my couch in seconds. just have to remember to pause the game :) I am a rather seasoned PC gamer at this point and so the extra latency is obvious but was easy for me to get used to as its only about 3-5 ms
All that said, I would not recommend services like GeForce Now as your only way of playing games because the server is not on your local network, and thus will have more latency, likely around 20+ ms, which is borderline unplayable for me.
Tell me you think you know more about current tech than you actually do, without telling me you think you know more about current tech than you actually do.
Once you realise that Chrome OS is fully usuable with Linux this actualy seems like a pretty sweet deal. Not sure why it is not just a Linux computer but that is maybe a discussion for an other time
Except your gonna be playing with an IGPU
it has an i5-1240p, which is a 12 (4P+8E) core 16 thread processor with iris xe graphics. seems usuable enough for some light gaming
getting sponsored by an entire university is crazy
I’m 12 and trying to build my first PC
That’s cool I am 13 and I am happy with my pc
I think you guys should consider target audience when reviewing. Obviously a gaming chromebook for this price range wont be the best machine to play shooting games on, especially if you’re an experienced gamer. For someone who wants to use the laptop for uni work and be able to play RPGs (like me), I’d say it looks pretty good lol.
Where do i put in discount code on your websites on an order?
I feel like someone who does not know much about laptops or pc in general would buy this product and end up having no use for it.Valorant becoming a pretty big game and pretty easy to run would see this and buy it but it could not run val and I just helped somone who almost bought this for val.
some people dont get the practicality of this device. im a student in school and use a laptop at work. i dont want a 600$ laptop that looks like its from space and lights up out of this world. this device is minimal and can disable the embarassing flashy lights and it look like a normal work or school computer but still able to function in a way where from time to time i can game. its not meant to just be a gaming laptop.
I would never but this chromebook or any chromebook you would be better of getting a prebuilt that can actually run games!
Lol does it come with Stadia pre installed?
a gaming chromebook
laugh
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Forgot to add the “( )”
You are testing Steam in a manner that is predestined for failure. Linux is fine, but the Chromebook hardware is not advertised for playing locally installed games.
You need an updated video about using this Chromebook as a Steam client, streaming from a more powerful machine, preferably a machine with a modern graphics card, whether Windows or Linux.
Then again, you need a powerful graphics card to render the 1440p frames for best visuals to match that of the Chromebook.
Les go more quality content
I got this a couple weeks ago. The specs make it the best chromebook out there now, even if you're not gaming.
Is it possible to dual boot it with Linux so you can do more than chrome OS?
Some kid bought a 700$ RTX 3050 Chromebook (or so he claims)
this is the equivalent to taking a potato and putting it in a suit and calling it an apple
Tell me you think you know more about current tech than you actually do, without telling me you think you know more about current tech than you actually do.
3:08 ITS HDMI 2.1 NOT 2.0
I didn't know bean battles runs on linux! nice to know
Just asking if its possible to test again the chromebook with android games since its using chrome os witth google playstore support
Any chromebook is a gaming chromebook. This is just an expensive gimmic. Or better yet get a used laptop from 2014 onward for much cheaper.
I just wanted it for the good screen and that runs smooth and Powers up smooth and has good battery life and that it has a good build quality I don't necessarily need to stream games I don't really want to spend like $2,000 on a gaming laptop I just mostly I'm going to store some pictures on it and my dash cam videos once in awhile also I've never been able to afford a high-end Windows machine so everything I do on Windows seems to not be as quick as I want it to be and when you're just mostly browsing the web on RUclips and Facebook and stuff like that with a bigger screen than what a tablet gives you easy easy way to store a few files because in reality even if someone had a 4090 what do they really do on their PC
This have better specs than my lenovo win laptop for the same price. Dont get why is chromebook when it can run win 10 with no problem and still run cloud gaming. The screen seems great.
Awesome vid!
That device is a total scam for people that know little about gaming hardware and/or want to gift something to a gaming enthusiast.
Costco has a hp victus
32 ram
5700 Ryzen processor
6600xt card
512 storage for 699.00
can you guys review it
This is not even close to being anywhere near being one of the most expensive Chromebooks
I sure do like what they're doing with Stadia.
😂
they just gonna go full in on the playstore
question does it thermo throttle
For $650 you can get a gaming laptop with an rtx 3050! How and why does this laptop exist?
Recently bought one for schoolwork... was not surprised it crashed when trying to run bigger games lol it's not bad, but "gaming" is misleading. I guess that's what you get for $450.
I don’t know that much in pc and I’m wandering what is a really good pc for Vr
Jack absolutely looks like he woke up 5 mins before the video, every single time.
I think the reason for this would be either because it's cheap(easy to assume that, since nobody would buy this thing), or because it's a meme.
You guys think you could start trying rust on your builds?
If this had SD card support I would literally sell my 2019 MacBook for this
its not rgb but if u install windows it can run quite a lot of games
Can u guys review the lenovo chromebook? It's about the same price as this one.
Just got it for $450 and got it for my mom no she’s not going to game but I thought it was better than buying a cheaper laptop that would probably break within a year or two
nice vid. i might buy this
Please don't, it's basically a tablet. You can get a windows laptop for like the same price.
My 200 year old musket gets more frames than this.
i installed windows on my chromebook using coolstar. sadly this chromebook isnt supported with it though. mine has a celeron 4gb ram
If it was $200 to $300 I would consider it...
There is a lenovo model with an i3 for $400 at Walmart. It has the same display as this gaming chromebook though, which is most of the selling point for this laptop anyways. IMO of all the "gaming chromebooks" that launched, this lower spec $400 is the only one that makes sense, bc it can cloud game just as well as the $650 gaming chromebooks. And there are no $400 windows laptops that can come close in terms of that display, nor any $400 windows laptops that can deliver decent local gaming. However, there are lots of $650 windows laptops that can game locally very well and a few $650 windows laptops with really nice displays similar to this one.
i got a aser nitro 5 with rtx 3060 8 gb ram on black friday for the same price as that crome book
One usb 3 port for $650???
I think I seen the Asus with a better intel chip at Best Buy.
Iris isn't good. Who told you to say that?
This Chromebook is worth to buy, I have one.
The reason why your experiencing delay because you on GeForce it has delay
...This whole concept of a gaming 'chromebook' is now Google's downhill. Rip PCs.