This was a welcome surprise! I'm not a hardcore gamer but I did want something that could run tougher steam games, I don't play high-end CPU games so this works perfectly even though I suspect it would handle most steam games pretty well. The screen is vivid and crisp with great color. This was definitely a great deal for a budget purchase. Battery life for gaming is limited, so I would anticipate keeping this plugged in during your gaming sessions. I run native Ubuntu so I can't speak to anything else, but it runs well under Linux with the exception of the fingerprint scanner, for which there are no drivers in Linux yet.
Only con that I can say for anything is the sound quality of the onboard speakers is a little mediocre, but I connect to Bluetooth speakers for my gaming sessions anyway, so it didn't matter much to me. From Bluetooth speakers the audio is exceptional, and there's no popping or skipping.
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