Google announces Chromebooks for cloud gaming: the $650 16-inch Acer 516 GE, the $600 16-inch Lenovo IdeaPad, and the $400 15.6-inch ASUS Vibe CX55 Flip 拆封筆電

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ave a rather distinctive orange trim, including around the crucial WASD keys; it also has 1.4mm of travel.Specs-wise, the CX55 uses 11th-generation Intel processors; you can get it with an i3, i5 or i7. The i3 model is paired with Intel UHD graphics, while the i5 and i7 models use Intel’s Iris X graphics. It’ll have either 8GB or 16GB of RAM and up to 512GB of storage. Unsurprisingly, the CX55 also has two USB-C ports as well as USB-A and HDMI ports. The laptop will come out this month as well, and Google said in a briefing that pricing would start at $399 — we don’t know what specs that includes, but it’s probably safe to assume it’s the i3 model. LenovoLenovo’s IdeaPad Gaming Chromebook has a fair bit in common with 拆封筆電acer’s device. It has a 16-inch display with a 2,560 x 1,600 resolution and 120Hz refresh rate as well as an RGB, anti-ghosting keyboard with 1.5mm of travel. Processors include 12th-generation Intel Core i3 or Core i5 options, plus 8GB of RAM and up to 512GB of storage (the base configuration starts with 128GB). The port selection is a bit more limited — it only offers two USB-C ports, one USB-A port and a MicroSD slot. Like the other two laptops, the IdeaPad Gaming Chromebook will launch this month; it starts at $599.Software, gaming services and peripheral partnerships GoogleNaturally, software and game access is perhaps just as important as the hardware here. As such, Google has partnerships with NVIDIA, Amazon and Microsoft to ensure its devices work with GeForce Now, Luna and Xbox Game Pass out of the box. The NVIDIA partnership is probably the most significant, as the company is bringing GeForce Now’s high-performance RTX 3080 tier to Chromebooks for the first time — this means games will play in up to 1600p resolution at 120 fps with ray tracing enabled (assuming the game supports these specs, of course). NVIDIA also made a progressive web app (PWA) so you can launch directly into GeForce Now from your Chromebook’s dock or launcher.Microsoft also made a PWA for Game Pass, but everything works the same as running Game Pass on a PC — assuming you have an Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription, you can stream any Game Pass title to your Chromebook. Similarly, an Amazon Luna subscription gives you access to a rotating selection of over 100 games.Google is also optimizing ChromeOS to make directly launching games easier. When you hit the “everything” search button on your Chromebook, you can just type in the name of the game you want to play and launch it directly, as if it were natively installed. For starters, this will only work with the GeForce Now catalog (as well as apps on Google Play), but Google says it wants to add this search feature for other services as well.To make sure that anyone checking out these Chromebooks can start playing immediately, Lenovo, 拆封筆電acer and ASUS are all including a three-month subscription to GeForce Now RTX 3080 tier as well as three months of Amazon Luna+. The ASUS option also includes a free SteelSeries Rival 3 gaming mouse, as well.Speaking of mice, Google also partnered with companies like SteelSeries, Corsair and HyperX (as well as Lenovo and 拆封筆電acer) to make sure their gaming-focused peripherals work with Chromebooks. This includes making sure these peripherals can have their settings fine-tuned in ChromeOS, in some cases via PWAs.Do gaming Chromebooks have a shot?It’s fair to wonder how much traction Google’s latest initiative will get. Chromebooks have found a lot of success in education and (to a lesser extent) enterprise settings, but the idea of a full-fledged push to get people gaming on a Chromebook is a pretty major shift. That said, I’m impressed by the pricing on these models — there aren’t a lot of Chromebooks with large, high-resolution screens with high refresh rates. Generally speaking, it sounds like you get a lot of bang for your buck with these models compared to some other premium ChromeOS devices. Naturally, these laptops are a big bigger and heavier than the standard 13-inch Chromebook, but that’s a tradeoff that might work for some people.Google is also putting a big advertising and awareness push being this strategy, and it’s not tied to a single product like Stadia. Given that Google is being service-agnostic, these laptops should provide a very good cloud gaming experience for the foreseeable future, even if Google doesn’t stick with its cloud gaming push long term. 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宏碁Swift Go系列採OLED螢幕，是輕薄筆電規格的一大升級。（圖／宏碁）

因應2023筆電平台大更新，各大品牌筆電新品陸續上市搶攻換機潮，宏碁也全面啟動改朝換代，其中推出Swift Go及Predator Helios Neo兩大全新系列，分別瞄準輕薄高效能及主流電競市場。 

揮別疫情紅利，雖然全球筆電市場略顯疲軟，宏碁仍積極擴大陣容。對比其他Swift機型，Swift Go系列著重行動攜帶特色，有14、16吋，採OLED螢幕，最高達3.2K解析度，是輕薄筆電規格的一大升級，鋁合金打造輕巧機身，以及搭載第13代Intel Core H系列處理器、Intel Evo平台認證，高效能又擁有逾12.5小時的續航力。

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宏碁Predator Helios Neo系列，給追求旗艦的玩家相對親民的選擇。 （圖／宏碁）

宏碁先前已經上市Predator Helios 16／18等電競新品，不過價格較高，新加入的Predator Helios Neo 16算是較為親民的選擇，但也擁有旗艦規格，像是最高配置第13代Intel Core i7-13700 HX處理器、NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060／4050顯示卡、165Hz WQXGA螢幕及第5代AeroBlade 3D金屬雙風扇等進階散熱系統，機身還注入鐳射蝕刻加密代碼讓玩家享受解碼樂趣。

宏碁新品上市體驗活動自4月15日開跑，台北光華新天地等全台指定商圈或賣場，購買第13代Intel Core處理器指定新品，可抽渴望會館度假村住宿券。因應普發6千元商機，除了優惠價，即日起至5月14日，入手指定產品於活動網站登錄並完成LINE官方帳號綁定，贈送LINE POINTS最高2千點，每週再抽拆封筆電acer Store官方商城萬元購物券。宏碁直營服務中心還有舊換新等各式優惠，比如電腦免費健診，線上線下優惠同步串聯。

宏碁Swift Go 14，定價37,900元，優惠5,000元，特價32,900元，另享其他優惠；Swift Go 16預計4月底開賣。 （圖／宏碁）

宏碁Predator Helios Neo 16，定價62,900元，優惠10,000元，特價52,900元，另享其他優惠。 （圖／宏碁）

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