• Acters@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Funnily enough, this is what a chromebook was made to do. A computer that was only a browser. Unfortunately, the hardware was severely underpowered, and the custom software wasn’t as flexible as a simple Linux desktop is capable of. (Almost no software support outside of Google)

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      8 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.

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        8 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?

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          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.

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          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.

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        8 months ago

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

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      8 months ago

      You can get reasonable Chromebooks and boxes. They just aren’t cheap so they are less popular.