What seemed like a punctual device like the ACER Chromebook 516 GE oriented towards cloud gaming seems to have become a trend, and after ASUS did the same with the ASUS Vive CX55 Flip, it is now lenovo the one who announces his lenovo Ideapad Gaming Chromebook cloud gaming oriented.
Something that these curious devices have in common is that they share screens with refresh rates above 60 Hz. In the case of Lenovo, we have a 16:10 WQXGA resolution panel with 120 HZ and a 16″ diagonal.
Inside we have low-power hardware, to choose between the Intel Core i5-1235U or Core i3-1215U and its 15W Alder Lake family. It is accompanied by 8 GB of 4,266 MHz LPDDR4x memory and a 2,560 GB or 512 GB NVMe SSD, although there is also a more modest version with 128 GB integrated with eMMC. All this is powered by a 71 Wh battery with 11 hours of autonomy, USB “3.2” type A and C connectivity and WiFi 6E with BT 5.
Lenovo promises full connectivity with Cloud Gaming services like Amazon Luna, NVIDIA GeForce Now, and Xbox Cloud Gaming in beta. Interestingly, it seems that this is when Google is powering these types of devices, right after shutting down its own Stadia cloud gaming service.
Its price will start at 600 dollars and will arrive this month, its complete specifications are:
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Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming Chromebook (16”) |
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| CPUs | 12th Gen Intel Core i5-1235U 12th Gen Intel Core i3-1215U |
| Operating system | Chrome OS |
| RAM | 4266MHz LPDDR4x: 8GB |
| Storage | SSD (M.2 PCIE 2242): 256GB / 512GB eMMC: 128GB |
| Screen | 16″ WQXGA (2560 x 1600) IPS 16:10, 120Hz 100% sRGB, 350nits TÜV Rheinland Low Blue Light |
| Audio | 4 x 2W Speakers with Waves Audio |
| Camera | 1080p HD |
| Drums | 71Whr |
| Size | (mm): 356.5 x 253.0 x 19.95mm |
| Weight | From 1.82 Kg |
| Physical Connectivity | 1x Micro SD 2x USB Type-C® (USB3.2+PD+DP) 2x USB Type-A (USB 3.2) 1x Combo Audio Jack |
| Wireless Connectivity | 2×2 Intel Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax) Bluetooth 5 |
| Integrated Software | drop box Infinite Painter Clip Studio Paint Adobe Lightroom |
| Supported Cloud Gaming Services | NVIDIA GeForce NOW amazon moon Xbox Cloud Gaming (Beta) |
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Antonio Delgado
Computer Engineer by training, writer and hardware analyst at Geeknetic since 2011. I love to gut everything that passes through my hands, especially the latest hardware that we receive here to review. In my free time I mess around with 3d printers, drones and other junk. For anything here I am.
