SAVE $180: As of March 14 (Pi Day!), the Acer Chromebook 516 GE is on sale for just $469 at Best Buy. That’s a savings of 28% and a new record-low for the cloud gaming laptop.
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If you’re in the market for a gaming laptop, but don’t want to spend a small fortune, allow me to introduce the Acer Chromebook 516 GE. Hands-on tested by Mashable’s own Dylan Haas, the cloud gaming laptop has earned a spot in our best gaming laptops and best cheap laptops roundups. And, conveniently, it just dropped to a new record-low price, making it a total steal for budget shoppers.
As of March 14, the Acer Chromebook 516 GE — packed with an Intel Core i5-1240P processor, 8GB of RAM, and 256GB of storage — is on sale for only $469 at Best Buy. That’s a significant $180 price drop and the biggest savings we’ve seen to date.
It’s important to note that this isn’t your traditional gaming laptop; it’s a cloud gaming laptop. That means you’ll be streaming games (similar to streaming shows a la Netflix) instead of downloading them or owning a physical copy. You won’t have to deal with constant upgrades for new games or buying fancy new hardware, but you may endure some fidelity loss. You’ll need a really reliable and strong internet connection in order to stream games swimmingly. « We used Xbox Game Pass as our cloud platform of choice during testing, and we had an overall great experience, » our reviewer noted.
Gaming aside, the Acer Chromebook 516 GE is also just « a really solid laptop in general, » Haas added. He credited its bright and brilliant 16-inch display, impressive 120Hz refresh rate, quality build, and bevy of ports. It’s only real downfall? Clocking six hours of heavy gaming, its battery life is just meh.
