ASUS Chromebook Vibe CX34 Flip Unboxing: ASUS is Back!! 

Not if there are other suitable cloud based gaming platforms....

@@TaylorABell Nah I agree, more cloud gaming platforms is great but Google have control of the Chromebook platform and had Stadia ready made to push until they decided to kill it.

@@MarvMavro stadia was honestly the best in terms of how they handled the compression and connection. I'd argue the model was the best too albeit uncertain regarding sustainability. I was the only cloud service where you could buy games and stop. Where it fell really flat was the game selection which is one of the biggest factors. Such a shame. Despite the hate it got, it really served me well and refunded ALL the games I bought. Worth it. I already have game pass because of Xbox but if I didn't I'd def lean towards GeForce now because of the seamless mouse and keyboard support.

@@angelopebs mate, I'm still salty as fuck. Stadia was brilliant but like you said, let down by game selection. Shame that Chromebooks are being pushed by Google to advertise how good they are for cloud gaming. The absolute irony.

I mean I don't have any problem with them offering I refresh rate screens or RGB etc.... But the timing is pretty hilarious. Sure a lot of these products were in development long before stadia kicked the bucket. But there's nothing inherently wrong with having a higher fresh rate display or RGB keyboard. I don't do any cloud gaming really, But those features would be compelling for regular use cases as well.

How is it so far

I just looked at Amazon and they are over $700, that is just insane.

I also have the Acer 516 GE and love it. I don't game on it but love it as my daily driver. I hate grey backlit keys like the Asus has CX34. My Microsoft Surface laptop has grey backlit keys and in the light you have to turn off. I also don't have the need for touch screen nor a pen. The Acer 516 GE is currently $449 at Best Buy.

What country you from??? I can’t even find the price in Canada.

@@angelopebs I'm in the US. I ordered mine directly from the ASUS website. I just check Canada's, but it seems like they're not for sale there yet :/

how you liking it?

@@SpinneretteAlex I like it a lot. The build quality is great (I was replacing a Pixelbook) and it runs wonderfully. As far as gaming, most older games run well. GTA probably runs reasonably well (probably 30-40fps), and some MMOs work very well (SWTOR) especially. FFXIV did a little better than GTA. It took me a while, but I finally figured out the whole point of Steam on Chrome. It works like this: you have your "home" gaming PC with all your games installed (you can also add non-Steam games to your library, which is important). So you leave your home computer on, then activate Steam on your Chromebook. When you are away, you can stream any game in your Steam library (even non-Steam games) to your Chromebook. You can tell it's still in beta, but it works surprisingly well. I've even been able to stream just using my phone's data. They haven't done a good job explaining that streaming this way is the point, but it makes sense when you play it this way.

ty my saviour

I think for 2023 is this one. Good screen, lots of ram and a nice processor. This is perfect for multitasking and using virtual desktops with multiple windows.

@@e7234 - Thanks!

I'm pretty sure that any gaming laptop, even if its a Chromebook or not is never going to be built for battery life

can you explain more? im considering this. poor battery doing what? just browsing or gaming. and are the speakers super quiet?

@@SpinneretteAlex yeah, just browsing. It runs down much quicker than every other chromebook I've used. It's really fast though. The speakers are too quiet, but not world changing. Just annoying sometimes. Definitely should be fixed for next generation. Also, I will say that the garaged stylus under performs though. That was my biggest disappointment. I might end up getting the other stylus everyone recommends. It's also a little heavy. Overall, i don't regret my purchase, but I think it's not all I hoped for.

@@journeyman171 darn the battery life might stop me for getting one then as I use mine for school and work. Figured it would be decent since its a 1200p screen. I have the last gen Dragonfly right now and it needs to be repaired or something. It starts overheating and the battery life has gotten worse but the screen is beautiful.

@@SpinneretteAlex I'd get other people's feedback. I haven't done a timed comparison or anything. I just keep finding myself being like "already?"

I find they tended depreciate faster though. I bet you're in a year you could probably get this for like 50 or 60 cents on the dollar, Windows laptops don't depreciate quite as fast.

But then there's the downside. Windows. Why would I want to buy an unusable device regardless of the processor and RAM?

In which region are they this expensive?

I think Chrome unboxed has become worse than what I used to called Macidiot and Steve Jobs RDF (Reality Distortion Field). But looking at the latest ARM based Macs, I am thoroughly impressed by what they have done in Perf+Power scenario. But they still show their "Apple" face by charging an arm and a leg for upgrades. You can get el-cheapo gaming notebooks like Acer Nitro, HP Victus with a full fledged OS, dedicated graphics card with RAM with better specs for "cheaper" price with a "Microsoft tax" than a supposed "Free OS" from Google that still depends on the cloud. I introduced my family to Chromebooks and Chrome OS and till date I have only purchased Refurbished Chromebooks which were either Celeron or Pentium with 4GB RAM and 32/64 G storage. The highest I paid was 240$ + Taxes. My kids despite having school issued Win10 laptops, still like to do their homework in the chromebooks and use them only during school and cases where homework that involve Flash/other things that Chromebooks struggle with. So I am not a Chrome OS/chromebook hater. But it is ridiculous that these OEMs charge this much for a glorified web OS and shameful that CB is promoting it. There is no chromebook worth > 600... PERIOD!... Update:- Look at the below. Apple seem to be saints... www.amazon.com/dp/B08DTJC9N7/ref=vp_d_cpf-substitute-widget_pd?_encoding=UTF8&pf_rd_p=aad6649e-0b12-443a-85ed-a9dc2979a505&pf_rd_r=NVP8X465WM2QYAMWKYHX&pd_rd_wg=DX2cj&pd_rd_i=B08DTJC9N7&pd_rd_w=3Q1Iw&content-id=amzn1.sym.aad6649e-0b12-443a-85ed-a9dc2979a505&pd_rd_r=c1e69339-c3bd-4ddd-be73-8da181a56f7f

Chromebooks are in steep decline with the market saturated, and no sign that people are staying when upgrading. So marketing push to sell game streaming as the lack of apps can be mitigated. Android apps did not really work, and Linux is niche. They have tried all these but have yet to succeed. With Googe releasing a Pixel Tablet, it may be that Google has realised that Chrome has reached its peak.

Sales of Chromebooks dropped considerably this year.