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I mean ChromeOS is just such an incapable OS in and of itself that anyone who needs to do any serious work wouldn't be able to use it anyway, and thus wouldn't spend a bunch of money on one. $500 is still very entry level, and a laptop at that? For gaming? Yeah good luck with that.
PCMagazine, in a desperate attempt to sucker people into giving them Amazon revenue, has an article you might find legitmately hilarious:
https://www.pcmag.com/picks/the-best-chromebooks-for-gaming