Tech Advisor - UK (2020-02)

FEBRUARY 2020 • TECH ADVISOR 67

You’ll never reach PC levels of graphics quality, like

2018’s Kingdom Come, without a cloud-gaming assist

gaming’ services such as Parsec allow you to download

an Android client, then ‘subscribe’ to a virtual PC that

exists in the cloud, upon which you can play ordinary

PC games. It’s not cheap, as you’ll need to essentially

sign up for a computer in the cloud, but it does allow

you to play PC games on a Chromebook.

Again, however, if you’re trying to decide between a

low-cost Windows PC and a Chromebook on the basis

of games, don’t. Though the PC is superior, the best

low-cost ‘PC’ for gaming is an Xbox One game console.

Which offers more apps,

Chromebooks or Windows PCs?

Games certainly fall into the category of local apps, but

so do the numerous apps and utilities that can make

FEBRUARY 2020 • TECH ADVISOR 67

You’ll never reach PC levels of graphics quality, like
2018’s Kingdom Come, without a cloud-gaming assist

gaming’ services such as Parsec allow you to download

an Android client, then ‘subscribe’ to a virtual PC that

exists in the cloud, upon which you can play ordinary

PC games. It’s not cheap, as you’ll need to essentially

sign up for a computer in the cloud, but it does allow

you to play PC games on a Chromebook.

Again, however, if you’re trying to decide between a

low-cost Windows PC and a Chromebook on the basis

of games, don’t. Though the PC is superior, the best

low-cost ‘PC’ for gaming is an Xbox One game console.

Which offers more apps,

Chromebooks or Windows PCs?

Games certainly fall into the category of local apps, but

so do the numerous apps and utilities that can make