SocksFoHands
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20949071
Looks awesome, I can see it being a sweet LAN machine.
Looks awesome, I can see it being a sweet LAN machine.
Who thinks they'll be taking one of these to a LAN in a couple of years?
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sirflukesalot
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IF it its reasonably priced and i get some reasonable personal reviews i may grab one =P
SocksFoHands
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Nice find there socks 
Not sure if this is aimed at the more casual gamer or not? I guess it totally depends on the specs of the machine and the cost. I'd rather have a PC at most price points, especially considering how difficult it is to use a keyboard and mouse on the couch
Not sure if this is aimed at the more casual gamer or not? I guess it totally depends on the specs of the machine and the cost. I'd rather have a PC at most price points, especially considering how difficult it is to use a keyboard and mouse on the couch 
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how about you at least wait till details are announced before making a opinion based on one sentence, there is no details as they haven't announced ANYTHING DEFINITE yet. i doubt it will even come out this year and there's a lot of talk of Nvidia possibly making the graphics card since at CES they were showing a lot of the big screen mode in their own presentation
ALL we know is that they partnered up with the guys at Xi3 and that it will have a 1Tb hard drive with modular RAM and so forth (GPU, processor etc.)
and it is expected to be around the $1000 Mark (£620)
so how about waiting for actual details before getting all bent out of shape
grogers126
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no need to get all serious guys
ZeroG
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Actually from the information I've read so far it's an integrated graphics i.e. non interchangable - I'd only revise my opinion if that's changed to a modular form making it upgradable.
In anycase it would still be cheaper to build a small form factor pc to work in the same capacity.
In anycase it would still be cheaper to build a small form factor pc to work in the same capacity.
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also the GPU is on one of the I/O boards rather than the processor board is it is interchangeable you will be able to swap out all the different parts
(explaining this part separately as they dont actually show that in the vid)
Isn't there something that steam is already available on.....something where you can do this already......can't think what it's called.
SocksFoHands
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I agree, the main attraction of this is that it could possibly give you access to steam games on a PC like machine that has the primary advantage of a console, i.e. standardised design. If it does turn out to be modular then what's the difference between it and a PC? If this turns out to be a reasonably priced modestly specced machine that is capable of playing a few of our LAN staples in a small, easily transportable case that can easily be hauled around than colour me interested. I'm also very interested in Newells comments that this machine is going to have a LAN focus, with possibly as many as 8 displays hooked up to one box!
Obviously it's early days yet, far too early to say "YES I'M BUYING ONE!!!!1!!11!" or "I'D RATHER STARE AT THE SUN WITH A MAGNIFYING GLASS!!!1!!111!!", but for now... colour me cautiously interested, I will be keeping an eye on this.