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  • Опубліковано 10 бер 2023
  • I bought a crazy expensive "Cloud Gaming" chromebook.
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  • @vashalacea
    @vashalacea Рік тому +1412

    Two words that i never thought gonna be on the same sentence, "Gaming" and "Chromebooks"

    • @Teo96
      @Teo96 Рік тому +80

      "Gaming is terrible on Chromebooks"

    • @loowick4074
      @loowick4074 Рік тому +38

      "gaming" is often just a buzzword.
      - gaming mouse
      -gaming keyboard
      -gaming mouse pad

    • @TheRagingSerpent
      @TheRagingSerpent Рік тому +37

      Same with the words "Cloud" and "Gaming", they should be kept as far away from eachother as possible.

    • @Tiwaz_
      @Tiwaz_ Рік тому +13

      Chromebooks aren´t made for gaming.

    • @noneofyourbusiness4294
      @noneofyourbusiness4294 Рік тому +8

      @@loowick4074 to be fair, something like the old Razer Naga does actually qualify as a gaming mouse.
      The most ridiculous thing would be gaming chairs

  • @dhoome1234ify
    @dhoome1234ify Рік тому +1331

    I mean, Linus wasn't wrong:
    "a chromebook is still a Chromebook, no matter how much you spend on it."

    • @8xus_
      @8xus_ Рік тому +50

      More like ‘a chromebook is a pile of trash, no matter the price’

    • @TheSteam02
      @TheSteam02 Рік тому +42

      @@8xus_ I mean, it's useful for basic things like web browsing and for portability. I'm a college student and the amount of in-school work I've completed on a Chromebook is genuinely shocking. It really is the Web browsing and word processing thing.

    • @Bigthebomb
      @Bigthebomb Рік тому +63

      @@TheSteam02 The only reason chromebook is a thing is because it costs around 200$. Chromebook for 700$ makes no sense at all

    • @UnderqualifiedPilot
      @UnderqualifiedPilot Рік тому +17

      @@TheSteam02 cheap used thinkpad with linux does the same thing

    • @Youtube_Police_Goku
      @Youtube_Police_Goku Рік тому +6

      Just like a bike is bike no matter how expensive it is

  • @robsquared2
    @robsquared2 Рік тому +641

    Gaming and chromebooks: goes together like peanut butter and glass.

    • @BigTylt
      @BigTylt Рік тому +53

      It's a shame, because if Google got involved in building actual gaming Chromebooks (not that GeForce Now shit), we'd probably see some big advances in Linux gaming just like when Valve helped build up Proton.

    • @5izzy557
      @5izzy557 Рік тому +9

      ahh that's what google done with that google glass project...

    • @KevinMillard68
      @KevinMillard68 Рік тому +1

      well said

    • @unoreversecard5861
      @unoreversecard5861 Рік тому +1

      So it goes together amazingly?

    • @yahyasajid5113
      @yahyasajid5113 Рік тому +10

      I mean PB does come in glass jars sometimes

  • @vectorpacer2063
    @vectorpacer2063 Рік тому +1569

    you could get an ACTUAL gaming laptop for that even for 500$

    • @buffcowboy5201
      @buffcowboy5201 Рік тому +249

      That's the point of the video...Dawid is basically saying "just buy a real gaming laptop instead of something that runs games off a server or something.

    • @DimkaTsv
      @DimkaTsv Рік тому +83

      I... Am not sure that for 500 USD you will get laptop that actually can run games nowadays. What GPU will it have? Nvidia MX series?
      Not that it won't be able to launch them, but run?
      P.S. I don't know American pricing. In my country any laptop below 1000$ will be entry-level with less that GeForce level GPU and trash tier Intel integrated GPU at most

    • @johngavin2570
      @johngavin2570 Рік тому +38

      Can you though? $500 would be barebones minimum. It would be an i5, 8gb of ram, and a 1650. It would game at 30fps. I wouldn't even consider that to be worth it really. Idk, my laptop was $1300 and it pales in comparison to my 3 grand tower.

    • @johngavin2570
      @johngavin2570 Рік тому +33

      ​@@DimkaTsv i'd say you can probably squeeze a grx 1650 in it for under 500, I've seen 1650 laptops on sale around 500.

    • @DimkaTsv
      @DimkaTsv Рік тому +21

      @@johngavin2570 Oh, wow, you are right. Laptops became cheaper since i last checked. I actually saw 1650 below 60000 RUR... Granted it is still about 700 USD mark. So in USA they should be cheaper especially taking in account taxation difference.
      But they were around 1000 USD before
      Never was interested much in this market, so i rarely look for prices.

  • @Paradox107-
    @Paradox107- Рік тому +586

    I got that exact Asus tuf gaming, but the variant with 1660ti, 16gb of RAM and 1Tb space for the exact same price of the chromebook... And it obviously runs a whole lot better than what you'd expect, making the comparison with the chromebook even worse

    • @ph8enix
      @ph8enix Рік тому +23

      I have the model showcased in this video, slapped a 16gb crucial ramkit into it (40 bucks on amazon) and another m.2 I had laying around. Really solid gaming laptop for the money investement.
      BUT : The Tuf laptop is a pain in the a$$ to open up, too. Same plastic "cracking". No ribbon cable, though.

    • @Paradox107-
      @Paradox107- Рік тому +5

      @@ph8enix yeah it's plasticky but ironically also sturdy. Only complaint I could make is that even for a gaming laptop in that budget range it can get REALLY loud, don't know about yours. Also obviously armoury crate kinda sucks but it can be turned off so

    • @Adrianwe44
      @Adrianwe44 Рік тому +9

      And you can cloud game on it 😄👍🏻

    • @dalestevens3332
      @dalestevens3332 Рік тому +1

      Yeah and weighs twice as much too. The whole point is to allow you to play games over the cloud without having to have all of the normally necessary hardware, hard drive space, and cumbersome weight on the laptop you're using to play the games.

    • @pummelman3588
      @pummelman3588 Рік тому +3

      I have same specs with lenovo legion 5 ryzen 5 4600h used but few month for 460$

  • @CrocoDylianVT
    @CrocoDylianVT Рік тому +240

    the funniest part is that cloud was made specifically to being able to play in any hardware, so you can do it with a $200 one

    • @alexforce9
      @alexforce9 10 місяців тому +9

      Thats exacly my beast. 200 dollars and Ii got it 4,5 years ago. Works fine for cloud gaming. Speacially if you use external monitor.

    • @theghostlyspirit6927
      @theghostlyspirit6927 10 місяців тому +9

      Bought a chromebook for 1$ 4 years of use and its as good as the one in the vid for cloud gaming

    • @GameOver-nm2us
      @GameOver-nm2us 7 місяців тому +4

      @@theghostlyspirit6927 1 dollar?? Holy shit

    • @zombieloveshimself2682
      @zombieloveshimself2682 5 місяців тому

      exactly lol

    • @TheScepticalThinker
      @TheScepticalThinker 4 місяці тому

      @@theghostlyspirit6927 i assume you got it on ebay or a flea market?

  • @swankyorc69
    @swankyorc69 Рік тому +416

    Since the proper laptop actually has a built in ethernet port surely it would be better for cloud gaming as well as local gaming. What's even the point in this chromebook existing?

    • @5izzy557
      @5izzy557 Рік тому +76

      For GAYMING!

    • @TotallyNotRedneckYall
      @TotallyNotRedneckYall Рік тому +155

      ...to take money from people who want to game but don't know a thing about computers?

    • @AnnaDoes
      @AnnaDoes Рік тому +7

      @@5izzy557 looool

    • @g-mames1012
      @g-mames1012 Рік тому +47

      To artificially increase the price by slapping the word gaming on it

    • @rambow70
      @rambow70 Рік тому +25

      @@TotallyNotRedneckYall Sadly it's this...

  • @ZMangles
    @ZMangles Рік тому +149

    My $300 Ideapad 3 beats the shit out of this lmao. Asus guys where very high when they decided the price on that.

    • @KK-eg3em
      @KK-eg3em Рік тому

      No they weren't. I guarantee many uninformed moms/dads and grandparents will buy this for that price.

    • @ZMangles
      @ZMangles Рік тому +22

      @@KK-eg3em Thats very sad in this tech world. they get away because people don't educate themselves on how to spend their money effectively.

    • @mrducky179
      @mrducky179 Рік тому +38

      you dont understand, theres a 400 dollar tax to have the privilege of having the WASD keys in red

    • @MoChuang343
      @MoChuang343 Рік тому +3

      What display does your IdeaPad have?

    • @epepepe7178
      @epepepe7178 Рік тому +9

      @@mrducky179 yes and the ribbon cable thats under the chassis so you end up destroying it every time you open it up, that has another 150$ tax

  • @anthony.esper21
    @anthony.esper21 Рік тому +10

    I never understood the reason behind Cloud Gaming. Sure the idea really seems amazing if you think about it, but the fact you have to pay monthly, get a decent laptop regardless, still pay for your games, and need to have Google's internet speed, just makes it worse than gaming on 10 fps. At least make the games free for that monthly pay.

  • @rey6253
    @rey6253 Рік тому +67

    The humor you put in the videos is outstanding 😂 really enjoy those details in every video, they make the video more appealing to watch.

    • @saberpv
      @saberpv Рік тому +2

      I agree, it's fully why I've watch ALL Dawid's videos LOL

    • @paulmeyer1001
      @paulmeyer1001 Рік тому +6

      "Can you get it off in one tug"?

    • @samholdsworth420
      @samholdsworth420 Рік тому +1

      Davvid does sus stuff 😳

    • @kviys
      @kviys Рік тому +1

      ​@@samholdsworth420 davvid

  • @soloplaysgames9965
    @soloplaysgames9965 Рік тому +52

    I'd buy a steam deck instead

    • @soloplaysgames9965
      @soloplaysgames9965 Рік тому +1

      @The Polymath Podcast ok I've been debating between steamdeck and a gaming laptop for travel and taking to work. I have a pc at home. but I think I'll do what you did and upgrade the base version.

    • @asunavk69
      @asunavk69 Рік тому +4

      ​@@soloplaysgames9965 if you have budget limitations of about 500$ and want it to be new the steam deck specifically for work ain't the best, can do but, not the best, but for portable gaming the performance to price ratio, its pretty much one of the best if you want to buy new that is, very all around. Ofc all this while considering the formfactor.

    • @creditrazer981
      @creditrazer981 3 місяці тому

      Steamdeck vs Chromebook...That's some funny stuff. Like comparing a Orange to a Bell Pepper

  • @Xorthis
    @Xorthis Рік тому +84

    The wireless Vs. wired experience you encountered was exactly my experience when experimenting with cloud gaming a few years back. There's something about wireless that cloud gaming just hates, and it's impossible. You HAVE to use a wired setup so it doesn't run like a ball rolling down a honey splattered ramp. And it has no ethernet port... wow.

    • @AnnaDoes
      @AnnaDoes Рік тому +12

      Yeah wireless cloud gaming isn’t there yet. Ethernet port is 10000% necessary.

    • @christophervanzetta
      @christophervanzetta Рік тому +8

      Because any wireless connection requires decryption of each individual packet which causes latency loss.
      I’d NEVER recommend gaming on wireless

    • @Xorthis
      @Xorthis Рік тому

      @Lurch I should have also added for some reason on phone it doesn't have the latency issues, something I also experienced. I believe that they push a lower render resolution since you're using a small screen. Also, my wifi router when I tested was literally 2cm away from the antenna. The weird thing was, there was almost no latency, but the frame stuttering and freezing kept up.
      Overall, if you want to do this on a laptop or PC, you gotta use ethernet.

    • @Buniford
      @Buniford Рік тому +2

      I want to add that GeForce now works great on macOS. I play sometimes at work or school on breaks. I have a gaming desktop and apart from the scree refresh rate and the size I can’t tell a difference between the 2. Maybe playing on 60hz compensates for the input lag and latency vs at home natively on 165hz? No idea

    • @nathanmead140
      @nathanmead140 Рік тому +4

      I use Xbox cloud gaming when I go to my mom's house so I don't have to take my Xbox one S with me and it works very good with WiFi on my alienware m17x r3 but they have very fast WiFi, the router is a Asus RT-N66R and the Internet connection is gigabit fiberoptic latency is usually 5 to 12 milliseconds, I used WiFi and the built in Ethernet on my laptop I played watch dogs 2 and Forza horizon 5 and there was no difference between WiFi and Ethernet I just got faster download speeds for updating my steam games on Ethernet.

  • @jabezhane
    @jabezhane Рік тому +13

    have bought cheap Chromebooks and expensive ones. The experience is pretty much the same on either type. Waste of time spending too much as the eco system hamstrings it all the time.

    • @samwalker7567
      @samwalker7567 Рік тому +2

      Agreed - the expensive ones are a nice, slick, experience... but given that they are Linux under the hood... you might as well just install full-fat Linux and get a much less locked down experience. You can't do enough with a Chromebook to really warrant the expensive hardware of the top end ones.

    • @creditrazer981
      @creditrazer981 3 місяці тому

      Eexample?

  • @DougS45
    @DougS45 Рік тому +14

    I genuinely get excited every time you have a new video posted. Keep up the great work!

  • @WolfCyclops
    @WolfCyclops Рік тому +2

    Your intro is so simple, but so good! I love it!!

  • @AgentSn0wWhite
    @AgentSn0wWhite Рік тому

    Man dawid another great video . I love you're enthusiasm keep the videos coming

  • @meltee47
    @meltee47 Рік тому +60

    That Chromebook runs GeForce now games like my Toshiba satellite c660 laptop from 2011 which has an i3 2350 CPU and an Nvidia 350M graphics, both SoCs. I just think mine costs less, though the screen isn't 1080p. And did I mention it has expandable RAM?

    • @haaxxx9
      @haaxxx9 Рік тому +8

      So what you're saying is that gaming Chromebooks are just as expensive as an regular laptop for the price and are *fucking worthless?* Good to know!

    • @creditrazer981
      @creditrazer981 3 місяці тому

      Do you have 8+ gb ram in that Toshiba? If not, your point is invalid. Also how heavy is that Boulder, what kind of screen, and what's that battery life like...Oh, did I put salt in that wound? Here is some water to swallow that huge pill to...

  • @murdock94
    @murdock94 Рік тому +24

    If the Chromebook was $200 or less, this would actually be worth it. Something cheap you can give a kid and not have to worry. It should be the hamster of devices.
    "What, Timmy? You spilled everything on your Chromebook? It exploded in a ball of death? Ohwell, we'll go get you a new one."

    • @totallynotfrxnco
      @totallynotfrxnco Рік тому +6

      also $700 for an 11th gen i3 with iris xe graphics is a scam. if you love that cpu you can get one with the same specs (and more storage and expandable ram) you could get an ideapad 3 for $300 less

  • @tropixi5336
    @tropixi5336 Рік тому +1

    found this chanel while looking for a gaming pc and now its became a daily thing to chill and watch dawid

  • @drmohammedalmasri
    @drmohammedalmasri Рік тому +44

    What's also crazy, is that you can run Cloud gaming on the normal PC Laptop, you are practically paying extra for 3 Months of free premium cloud gaming. This is a product that cannot be justified in any form
    as always, great video, Dawid!

    • @userunknown1030
      @userunknown1030 10 місяців тому +3

      yeah these chromobooks are worthless they are nothing but tablets with external keyboards there is really no point to them much like there is no point to tablets other then something small and lite to take with you on a plane or something like that.

  • @drizzle8309
    @drizzle8309 Рік тому +51

    Genuine question: if it's not cheap, what's the point of a Chromebook?

    • @MoChuang343
      @MoChuang343 Рік тому +14

      I think if the price is right there can be a point. There is a Lenovo model that’s around $430 and has an i3 and 8GB RAM. But the display is 16” 2560x1600p 120Hz 100% sRGB 350nit matte. That is a really nice display for $430. Obviously you could get something way more powerful for $500 with a GTX 1650, but if local gaming is not the goal (which it isn’t for most computer users) then the display alone is worth the productivity especially if you’re mostly doing cloud based office work.

    • @wombatcombat3770
      @wombatcombat3770 Рік тому +1

      its probably for those dipsht normies who work in tech firms. they are too use to Chrome OS that they can't switch back to windows for on the side gaming.
      i wouldn't be surprised to see an iMac gaming notebook in the future as well. selling for triple the price of a decent gaming laptop.

    • @drizzle8309
      @drizzle8309 Рік тому +1

      Exactly, the price has to be right. That Lenovo does sound more like what I'd expect. But even then, does a display really affect productivity? Brightness and colour accuracy (for things like photo/video editing or design work, etc) sure, but does office work benefit from 120Hz?
      Don't get me wrong, I definitely understand that a good display is nice to have when doing anything. But I don't see it being enough to justify the $700-$1000 they seem to be going for now. (at least I think there are non-gaming models going for those prices, I probably should've looked that up)

    • @drizzle8309
      @drizzle8309 Рік тому

      @@wombatcombat3770 "dipshit normies" you mean people with jobs?

    • @wombatcombat3770
      @wombatcombat3770 Рік тому +1

      @@drizzle8309 people with jobs could be anyone mate.
      i just don't like people who choose products which start steam rolling trends which makes it difficult for people who actually want to own/repair their products.

  • @Olivia-W
    @Olivia-W Рік тому +7

    5:03 Oh man, it _is_ the Asus special! I've seen it, on Asus laptops XD. Can't think of other manufacturers with equally egregious examples (where the cable is always too short to comfortably plug it in and leaves you ackwardly manhandling the laptop).
    Others at least make the cable longer...

    • @BetalerIkkeSkatt
      @BetalerIkkeSkatt Рік тому +1

      Had an acer laptop with the same thing, cable was even shorter than that

    • @tornadot2025
      @tornadot2025 Рік тому +1

      Wow, I thought it was just me! Freaking Asus, man!

  • @victorsmith3785
    @victorsmith3785 Рік тому +2

    Hey! Recently found your channel and I've had a blast watching them, very entertaining. I am curious to the software you use to track GPU/CPU/MEM/RAM on your vids? Love the channel and subbed

  • @XXIIXIIIXXXIXXXIX
    @XXIIXIIIXXXIXXXIX Рік тому +22

    Just got a Chromebook for my mother in law ...they are GREAT for old people who just want casino games and Facebook 🤣🤣🤣

    • @madrexertheboredtm7728
      @madrexertheboredtm7728 Рік тому +5

      yeah but only getting the cheap ones because the expensive ones like these are just a waste of money 🤣😂

  • @abhijeetsinghchauhan34
    @abhijeetsinghchauhan34 Рік тому +12

    The thing is if you want to use cloud gaming you can use it on a normal laptop also (and just disable the dedicated GPU to have less to no noise and lower power consumption)

  • @trollcop4504
    @trollcop4504 Рік тому +5

    I was waiting for someone to talk about one of these things
    I came across an acer gaming chromebook as a Reddit ad. I was completely DUMBOUNDED by it. I posted the ad and the specs on the LTT subreddit and everyone else shared my confusion. Even someone who claimed to work in Acers marketing department claimed that even he had no idea why it existed other than to dissapoint children on Christmas morning.
    I think the biggest thing here is the lack of an RJ45 port. I know most chromebooks don’t have them but when the functionality of the machine depends on how good the internet works, you should at least have a way to get a consistent internet connection without using an adapter

    • @creditrazer981
      @creditrazer981 3 місяці тому +1

      Alot of overpriced Apple Computers don't have ethernet, and they cost $$$..But they sell, and people use the. everyday

  • @paladingeorge6098
    @paladingeorge6098 Рік тому +2

    Truly impressive how far cheap, entry level gaming laptops have come. Makes sense though, its a pretty big market out there. I myself and several people I knew in college had cheap 500 dollar gaming laptops like the one you showed here.

  • @cubanhitman2158
    @cubanhitman2158 Рік тому

    Finally! I was wondering when this video would drop

  • @tractorman7733
    @tractorman7733 Рік тому +3

    I like the idea of streaming video games as it has the potential to bring games to people who otherwise would not be able to afford it. That said, if you want to stream games, an older laptop from ebay that has an ethernet jack on it will do the job just fine. you should not spend more than 1-200 on a thin-client unless your running a large business running business level hardware.

  • @atarashiiaibou2075
    @atarashiiaibou2075 Рік тому +7

    Love how you always roast "gaming" stuffs the nicest way

  • @brandonbajc2084
    @brandonbajc2084 Рік тому

    I love starting my Saturdays with a pop tart and a Dawid video

  • @thedrunknmunky6571
    @thedrunknmunky6571 5 місяців тому

    Dawid, please stop making your videos so good as I haven't seen my family in weeks.

  • @ivanhou7911
    @ivanhou7911 Рік тому +4

    Hey Dawid, I think this might going to be interesting! What if you swap out the SSD to another one with a Windows installed in it. Will it boot up, and how will the games perform compares with the Chromebook OS? Or maybe using an eGPU through that thunderbolt port?

    • @dyslectische
      @dyslectische Рік тому +5

      The bios stop you from install.
      Only with a hack bios .
      And yes thare are .
      You can instal windows on it
      This is the reason the audio and the all other not work.
      Windows do not see play and play.
      And that is the limit of a Google Chrome book.
      For me personally.
      Its a e-washt
      Its junk that only works for 3 years like your android phone and tablet .
      After that you will not have security update .
      So wy go for shit like that ?
      Just go for a Windows tablet.
      Its always update and more safe .
      Speciale if you do connect with your bank .

    • @Egg.Of.Glory999
      @Egg.Of.Glory999 11 місяців тому +1

      The storage and ram are usually integrated into the motherboard, so you can't even upgrade either to begin with. You're just stuck with what you bought, basically.

    • @rigen97
      @rigen97 9 місяців тому

      @@Egg.Of.Glory999 the joy of eMMC modules lol

    • @Egg.Of.Glory999
      @Egg.Of.Glory999 9 місяців тому

      @@rigen97 true though

  • @OxygenDiffusion
    @OxygenDiffusion Рік тому +18

    Why does these exist
    And what creatures buy them ??

    • @DarrenC_1024
      @DarrenC_1024 Рік тому +1

      Dawid did.

    • @haaxxx9
      @haaxxx9 Рік тому

      Because google is upset that Stadia have flopped hard so they need to feel like pushing cloud gaming on other already existing devices like Laptops to push this "Cloud gaming" to the extreme because it will be profitable in the future... Yet here we are 4 years later and cloud gaming it is still a fucking joke.

    • @atvstudios.
      @atvstudios. Рік тому

      @@DarrenC_1024 he’s another breed

  • @SidneyCritic
    @SidneyCritic Рік тому +2

    I wonder why there wouldn't be Win drivers for the other stuff, ie, mouse, sound, etc, because I would guess they are the same chips on other laptops.

  • @arghpee
    @arghpee Рік тому +40

    700 dollars? I paid that much for my Acer Swift X with an 8 core 5800 and a 3050ti! A chromebook at that price range is ridiculous

    • @creditrazer981
      @creditrazer981 3 місяці тому +1

      Yeah, and in 1998 a 4 door car was $15k, and had real leather...What's your point?

    • @ulirasehorn
      @ulirasehorn 3 місяці тому

      i got the asus cx55 gaming chromebook on sale for 500 and it's so amazing i would get it at full price if i had to

    • @arghpee
      @arghpee 3 місяці тому

      @@ulirasehorn yes, I bet that sucker can play roblox at 60fps all day

    • @ulirasehorn
      @ulirasehorn 3 місяці тому

      i can play roblox at 100fps on my chromebook.@@arghpee

  • @thatlolguy6799
    @thatlolguy6799 Рік тому +3

    the one computer i see not having a ethernet port is supposed to be a cloud gaming laptop? What was Asus thinking?

  • @noahlapuz3853
    @noahlapuz3853 4 місяці тому

    i love the information and metaphors on this one :))

  • @blazeeverett
    @blazeeverett Рік тому

    A person by the name coolstar has made drivers for the chrome book. I would recommend you try them because it makes the experience much better

  • @garethm9523
    @garethm9523 Рік тому +6

    I laughed at the tricycle analogy much harder than I thought I would

  • @GameTesterDev
    @GameTesterDev Рік тому +7

    I actually saw a Chromebook the other day that actually comes with a Nvidia 2060 in it... But then thought to myself, wtf is even the point when there are absolutely no games that run on ChromeOS other than Play Store games.

    • @altemail541
      @altemail541 8 місяців тому

      Lol imagine using the ray tracing feature on minecraft

    • @GameTesterDev
      @GameTesterDev 8 місяців тому

      @@altemail541 was that not supposed to be a thing when the RTX series was first announced? But it never ended up happening.

    • @LambdaMiscellaneous
      @LambdaMiscellaneous 5 місяців тому

      No, you didn’t.

    • @GameTesterDev
      @GameTesterDev 5 місяців тому

      @@LambdaMiscellaneous except I did. At a store called Disc Replay in Kokomo Indiana. In fact it's still there.

    • @LambdaMiscellaneous
      @LambdaMiscellaneous 5 місяців тому

      @@GameTesterDev There’s literally no record of a Chromebook ever having any rtx card, and they’re designed to run web apps. You even have to go into dev settings to even enable Linux apps.

  • @hamez01
    @hamez01 Рік тому

    love having Dawid's hands waving in my face while watching this

  • @foramoreperfectamerica8490
    @foramoreperfectamerica8490 Рік тому

    Dawid Invades Computers Personal Space lol. Great video as always man.

  • @SithLordLerg
    @SithLordLerg Рік тому +4

    The yeah "I dunno it's convinced me, I don't think it's stupid anymore" had me howling at the end. I love your humour! Great content as always

    • @creditrazer981
      @creditrazer981 3 місяці тому

      However he was gaming at 1080p on a machine that cost 5x less than a basic modern gpu based pc. That has 3x the battery life, and 1/2 the weight...What about those facts, do they not matter?

    • @SithLordLerg
      @SithLordLerg 3 місяці тому

      @@creditrazer981 not in the slightest

  • @joshowenflores6724
    @joshowenflores6724 Рік тому +6

    bro 700 buck for a chromebook?
    i got a 300dullar PC but it runs better.

  • @Brandon_Brown
    @Brandon_Brown Рік тому +1

    Hey Dawid you should do a video on the Hp Victus pre-built. The Toasty bros really like it so i'd like to see your take on it. Thanks!!

  • @officialroyalgamerz
    @officialroyalgamerz Рік тому

    I like your Sims Background music in all your videos !haha :D

  • @radhisghaier6394
    @radhisghaier6394 Рік тому +3

    Someone please make a compilation of dawid saying "very plasticky " lol

  • @generallee1863
    @generallee1863 Рік тому +3

    0:47 "Chroimebooks"

  • @CherryTakahashi
    @CherryTakahashi Рік тому +1

    whats the computer performance monitor thing that you're using? I have an even worst chromebook (cpu has 2 threads) and I was wondering if I could do some fps testing with my limited chrome os.

  • @mckinleyostvig7135
    @mckinleyostvig7135 8 місяців тому +1

    Every video I watch I get an ad for gaming on a Chromebook now 😂

  • @incredibil45
    @incredibil45 Рік тому +6

    700& to run games from the cloud. Is there a market for idiots, besides Apple, or what? For that money, buy an actual gaming laptop or if for some reason you want to game from the cloud, buy a 200-300 laptop lmao. (disclaimer: I'm obviously not talking about Dawid..)

    • @Gatorade69
      @Gatorade69 Рік тому

      You said it "For idiots." And yes, they do exist and there's a market for them.
      “Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.”

  • @iDreamOfWeenie
    @iDreamOfWeenie Рік тому

    2:23 got real excited to see Dawid “get it off with one tug” 🥵

  • @richardberglund4765
    @richardberglund4765 Рік тому

    this is one of my new favorite channels

  • @xxthewarwithinxxo4946
    @xxthewarwithinxxo4946 Рік тому +29

    That's pretty much what I expected, although I will say that my chromebook struggles to run a pdf so this is a bit of an improvement, albeit a very expensive one at that.

    • @raven4k998
      @raven4k998 Рік тому +2

      a gaming laptop that does not have decent networking which is needed for it's cloud gaming capability's🤣🤣🤣

    • @creditrazer981
      @creditrazer981 3 місяці тому

      My old Windows 7 Netbook, from years ago, could open a PDF...A little a stretch don't you think? Or whatever Rock you been under, you welcome to come out now.

  • @zepo82
    @zepo82 Рік тому +23

    wonder how a version of linux would do for trackpad and audio...hmm I'll still keep wondering cos there is no way I'd spend the money for that to find out! :D

    • @Natsukashii1111
      @Natsukashii1111 Рік тому +4

      Yeah and same issue, you could just buy a normal laptop and put Linux on it too so chromebook are still only useful if you need chrome os otherwise better get any other laptop

    • @TheDiner50
      @TheDiner50 Рік тому +2

      There is no reason. Since your still better off getting a LOW END LAPTOP for LOW END PRICE compared to this joke of a Chromebook Gaming machine. The only catch being that laptops sucks ass when it comes to Linux support. So your really best of getting a know good Linux laptop and not whatever random thing new. The main reason being that if the laptop got a dedicated GPU there is very often some hardware and software special terrible sauce going on to save on battery power by trying to switch between the iGPU and dedicated GPU on the fly. Windows Only more or less.

    • @ricedbroccoli
      @ricedbroccoli Рік тому

      @@Natsukashii1111 Yeah but the thing is, You can put Chrome OS on any computer. In the official recovery tool by Google, there's an option to make an iso for non-chromebook computers, albeit a neutered version since you don't have the Linux dev tool, or access to Google play apps. Or you can use the brunch framework which is like hackintosh but Chrome OS, and it has those missing features.
      The only real non-niche need that Chromebooks fill is having non-profit organizations needing to give people access to computers like Schools, or Charities.

    • @famousmwofficial8046
      @famousmwofficial8046 Рік тому

      Chrome os is gentoo Linux though.

    • @ricedbroccoli
      @ricedbroccoli Рік тому

      @@famousmwofficial8046 No it's based on Gentoo. That's very different

  • @lolcatpl
    @lolcatpl Рік тому

    6:25 asphalt is available for x86 too, iirc it is available on windows pcs and macs

  • @itgamer4143
    @itgamer4143 Рік тому

    I was able to run a New world on a Yoga7 from Lenovo. At 720p. The loading times were super high when teleporting and it was a bit shoppy but I was able to farm MATs easily enough.

  • @CalanReichel
    @CalanReichel Рік тому +12

    Dawid, almost no 2--in-1 allows for one handed opening. Gotta have stiff hinge so it doesnt wobble a ton and also so that when it wears out it will not flop flat

    • @AnnaDoes
      @AnnaDoes Рік тому +1

      Oooo makes so much sense!

  • @Harry830
    @Harry830 Рік тому +4

    i bet asphalt runs better on the windows version on this laptop lol

  • @enderlore1337
    @enderlore1337 Рік тому +2

    12:12 I had the same problems installing windows on a MacBook. Its because you need drivers for every single little thing.

    • @AncientED5
      @AncientED5 Рік тому

      Mac has their own bootcamp drivers for Intel ones

    • @enderlore1337
      @enderlore1337 Рік тому

      @@AncientED5 Yeah I tried the boot camp drivers, problem is the macbook air is from 2014 so all of the drivers are for Windows 7/8.1 and half of them wouldn't install

  • @brando3342
    @brando3342 Рік тому

    “Can you get it off with one tug?”…. It’s like these innuendos flow through you so naturally that you don’t even have to try making them 😂

  • @annihilatorg
    @annihilatorg Рік тому +16

    I got the Acer gaming chromebook for $450 when it was on sale. For general use, with the qhd display, it's really good. I've swapped to the beta chrome branch, installed steam, and can play simple games pretty well. $700 for the Asus? No way. There's a lot wrong with the Acer, but there's real potential in chromeos for gaming.

    • @tornadot2025
      @tornadot2025 Рік тому +1

      People once laughed at the idea of Chromebooks being used by schools, and look where we are....Give it some time, and decent gaming on Chromebooks at different price tiers will become a thing. If you're into retro pc gaming like me, then you can already enable the Linux vm, install and configure Dosbox, and play the classics with decent performance - and offline - with no issues.

  • @FeedMeSalt
    @FeedMeSalt Рік тому +6

    You can buy a laptop with actual dedicated graphics for 6-700$ CAD.
    Acer and MSI come to mind.
    Won't be nice, but it will run most things low mids at 60

  • @peegee101
    @peegee101 Рік тому

    Could you make a playllist of your music? Its one of the things I enjoy about your videos :)

  • @an3k
    @an3k Рік тому

    7:40 it's possible that some fancy software thought it would be awesome to fallback to 2,4 GHz WiFi without MIMO and just 20 MHz wide channels (aka 75 Mbps).

  • @dhairya8238
    @dhairya8238 Рік тому +5

    These laptops exist because they're very very easy to make. The design and blueprints come directly from Google, all the marketing material comes from Google as well. Google will also give you contacts of manufacturers who've made their designs earlier. Cherry on top, they'll also pay you a percentage of manufacturing costs. All you really have to do slap your logos everywhere, publish them and wait for grand mothers to buy these as Christmas gifts.

  • @Beisepimp
    @Beisepimp Рік тому +8

    700 for a Chromebook...
    I would always go with an actual laptop in this price range :D
    That it doesn't come with an ethernet connector directly is also a shame.

    • @haaxxx9
      @haaxxx9 Рік тому +3

      Plus all the limited applications that you can run on Chromebooks. A 10 year old ThinkPad that's like $45 used is a better option than this shit.

  • @mojomangaming8058
    @mojomangaming8058 Рік тому

    What luck! A new Dawid video!

  • @justinedge4834
    @justinedge4834 Рік тому +1

    Good video mate

  • @RADish-official
    @RADish-official Рік тому +4

    I can’t wait to run Google Stadia on this, especially since it’s probably the only game this laptop wants you to run

  • @georgeogden1277
    @georgeogden1277 Рік тому +8

    This is a solution looking for a problem to solve. I wouldn't think this fad would last very long. These chromebooks will probably start popping up on eBay in the near future. Thanks for another very informative video.

    • @blushingralseiuwu2222
      @blushingralseiuwu2222 Рік тому

      Who want to buy this crap lol

    • @marseillejoh
      @marseillejoh 9 місяців тому

      Honestly i would actually love to have a chrome book with actual good specs.

  • @edwardiganz2478
    @edwardiganz2478 Рік тому

    I liked the quick "metal sample".

  • @craigdaurizio686
    @craigdaurizio686 Рік тому

    This is going to be brutal and I can't wait to watch

  • @MrRichardbuzz
    @MrRichardbuzz Рік тому +8

    Do people actually buy Chromebooks?

    • @Gatorade69
      @Gatorade69 Рік тому +12

      Schools and tech illiterate people do.

    • @MoChuang343
      @MoChuang343 Рік тому +9

      I have one for traveling. Can’t bring my desktop and I don’t like taking my $1000 work/gaming/editing laptop when I travel.
      $150 chromebook still lets me get a lot of little productivity tasks done if needed. Battery lasts forever. And I can play some PPSSPP while on the plane. Above all I’m not stressed out about breaking it or getting it stolen. It was so cheap and all my data is on Google drive rather than locally on the device.

    • @Gatorade69
      @Gatorade69 Рік тому +5

      @@MoChuang343 And for that it totally makes sense. However you didn't buy a "Gaming Chromebook."

    • @MoChuang343
      @MoChuang343 Рік тому +2

      @@BriFiConnections The PPSSPP android app runs fine locally.
      And there is no windows laptop that’s $150 that can match the versatility of a cheap chromebook for travel. An old ThinkPad gets close, and while it has more performance and better app support, the chromebook has its perks. Better battery life, compact and light weight, and since it’s so low power I can even trickle charge it over night using a 5W USBC phone charger.
      If I wanted to travel AND work then yes, I would go out and get like a used ThinkPad X250 for $150. But I want to go on vacation and NOT work, so I bring a chromebook which discourages me from working but allows me to remote into work if I really need to.

    • @CoasterMan13Official
      @CoasterMan13Official Рік тому +2

      Elementary schools, the stupid, and the elderly do.

  • @whyops9862
    @whyops9862 Рік тому +3

    LMAO!

  • @mauricenacinovic9209
    @mauricenacinovic9209 Рік тому

    thanx again for the fun content !

  • @adamjensen2692
    @adamjensen2692 Рік тому +1

    The glossy display lets you experience RTX feature without spending money on the RTX card, it's amazing design!

  • @JRose-zn7iw
    @JRose-zn7iw Рік тому

    The title had me in stitches.

  • @thecarrot4412
    @thecarrot4412 Рік тому +8

    I got a laptop with a 10300h, 1660ti, , that has very good speakers, plenty of ports, a good 144hz panel, full size keyboard and 512gb of storage (though admittedly 8gb of ram in single channel) for less than he paid for that chromebook. This thing exists exclusively to prey on parents buying a chromebook for their kids for school but will let them "game" on it as well thinking it will keep the kid happy without buying another dedicated computer. Disgusting product destined for landfill.

    • @SlyStarling
      @SlyStarling Рік тому +1

      I bought a laptop with an I5 11400h, 16gb ram, 512gb SSD and an RTX 3050TI for 799.99 GBP it's fairly decent, granted I don't use it for gaming much because i have a desktop, but for college work and some little gaming its a decent machine.

    • @esotericjahanism5251
      @esotericjahanism5251 9 місяців тому

      My brother actually bought one of these. But for himself, and he's 38. I can tell he was super disappointed with it, not that he was like super into gaming but he would play single player titles from time to time. I ended up giving him my 11900k 3080ti system when 4090 launched

  • @thomasjensen1590
    @thomasjensen1590 Рік тому +10

    "gaming" chromebooks may exist but so does computer virus... just because it exists doesnt mean its a good ideer 😂

    • @RileyTheDeveloper
      @RileyTheDeveloper Рік тому +1

      pov: u dont know what a virus is and u get one. You: MOM MY CHROMEBOOK HAS COVID-19 HELP IM STAYING 2M AWAY

  • @olesideburns
    @olesideburns Рік тому

    I can't wait for the budget emulator running on catheter tube episode!

  • @Necrotron
    @Necrotron 9 місяців тому

    I missed it, but I remember them making Steam available for select Chromebooks a few months back. You weren't able to run the Chrome-native Steam with Proton enabled?

  • @Boogie_the_cat
    @Boogie_the_cat Рік тому +6

    When your new "gaming laptop" comes with free GeForce Now, run back to the store for a refund.
    Also exciting to hear that Asus was able to break a hole in the space time Continuum to create a 3 sided laptop screen. I love useless marketing jargon.

  • @aelaan12
    @aelaan12 Рік тому +5

    First of all, cloud gaming is, and will remain, a joke. As you saw the inferior WiFi hardware in the Crapbook does it no justice either. I do not know what Asus or any of these Chromebook manufacturers want to proof, what that you can get extorted to play games? For your paid service to stop working one day because the cost of maintaining the hardware in the datacenter is too expensive? One could indeed purchase a good base gaming laptop, but let us ask the question: WHY? Why have we still not discovered that it is all bandaids and throttle with the small chassis and the super expensive hardware if you want any performance? The noisy, hot mess that is a gaming laptop is just a joke in 2023. But that was PC gaming in the late 90's, and early beginning of the century as well. Second observation is that Asus and all these idiots in that build a larger than 13" laptop squeeze the heck out of the keyboard usability by adding the stupid numpad. Instead of centring the trackpad and give a bit more room to the keys and maybe some GOOD up-firing speakers? Putting Windows on it is also stupid because now you have to buy a Windows license. Why not Linux and Steam. Hardware that is not upgradable and the slow PCI3 SSD makes it just a hot, laughing, mess.

  • @PlanetLinuxChannel
    @PlanetLinuxChannel Рік тому

    Who do you get internet through? On Rogers I do get up to gigabit download, but only 35 Mbps upload, which sucks whenever I’m trying to pull files from my NAS over the internet while away.

  • @mattparker9726
    @mattparker9726 Рік тому

    5:02 in Bender's voice "OOOOOHHHH YEAAAHH! Show me them circuits baby!"

  • @theshadowman1398
    @theshadowman1398 Рік тому +4

    I hate android and the same applies to google's desktop OS.

  • @JohnSmith-gb6tg
    @JohnSmith-gb6tg Рік тому +4

    A gaming Chromebook, it's just a big joke. Chromebooks can't even run like a standard cheap PC, i.e., not for full function business suite, not for other browsers, of course. It's disturbing big tech companies are selling these for over $800, and some over $1,000's. I think new M2 Mac mini or M2 Macbook Air will even be better than gaming on a Chromebook, but you will get money back and get some real work done with Macs. Dawid, congrats installing Windows on it, I thought they didn't allow that with a Chromebook.

  • @RealEclipsed
    @RealEclipsed Рік тому +2

    For another comparisson you should have done game streaming on the real gaming laptop, because despite it not having the same prowess as the "gaming chromebook", it still might have done a better job.

  • @hartoz
    @hartoz Рік тому

    "Can you get it off with one tug"!!! so funny.

  • @bagatuuri8070
    @bagatuuri8070 Рік тому +4

    lol typical asus bullshit.

  • @joelduran4576
    @joelduran4576 9 місяців тому

    I love it when content creaters approach a review with an unbiased opinion....

  • @forte7991
    @forte7991 9 місяців тому

    That was a quick conclusion bro

  • @trashman1805
    @trashman1805 Рік тому

    6:33 Nah Dawid straight up killed that chromebook.

  • @smx2343
    @smx2343 Рік тому

    the tricycle analogy is the perfect way to describe this😂

  • @nanquan491
    @nanquan491 Рік тому

    Good job David!

  • @nexxus_8487
    @nexxus_8487 5 місяців тому

    But which version of GFN did he use? The top tier gives the best performance and fastest connections. I’ve tried the middle tier and highest on the same network and hardware and the highest did in fact give me a better experience. Sucks because I don’t have a 4k monitor so I don’t need the highest tier but

  • @miked5444
    @miked5444 Рік тому

    I used to like geforce now when it was in beta. Once it changed to not including your entire library to select titles it became kinda useless.

  • @denisruskin348
    @denisruskin348 Рік тому +2

    Buying stocks into Ubisoft is a better idea than getting this laptop. Haven't see such a vomit in a long time.