(04-25-2012, 07:43 AM)Starscream Wrote: Yeah, it's exactly that, a can of worms.People are never going to agree or see all the valid points of either side, but it's fun to talk about it anyway.
You know what your doing, so yeah, looking forward to some nice discussions.
(04-25-2012, 07:43 AM)Starscream Wrote: Could be, but you'd still need a screen, keyboard, and a place to plug in for power. If it already had all those things included, it certainly wouldn't be consider a "desktop".
In imagining my "future cube", I think to be a desktop, you'd still need the external peripherals, like you said. Ideally, since this is the future, they'd all be wireless, so swapping them wouldn't be as much of a pain as it is now, what with the jungle of cables that sits behind my desk. Maybe they could use super-batteries, or inductive charging? If desktops ever get that small (3 squared inches), upgrading components might be as easy as it is today when you swap out SD cards. I'm just dreaming now though.
I don't think people will want them to be any more portable today than they already are. Desktops of the future will just need to be smaller, leaner, out of the way, without sacrificing on power. I still think they'll be largely stationary, e.g. like my 6th gen consoles (they never leave the loft).
I know my ideas are pretty big, but you could get something close with the Raspberry Pi. It's pretty slim if you decided to make a case for it, and it's relatively powerful. Man, when I get one, I'm gonna turn it into an emulation machine.
(04-25-2012, 07:43 AM)Starscream Wrote: Yeah, that was basically my point, that and the misconception that laptops are not capable of playing games. There were other things from you that could have been quoted, but it seemed like you generally got my meaning. At least someone did.
For most of my computer gaming, I've always had a hand-me-down desktop, but I'd then get a laptop which would always blow it away (for emulation anyway) so I know how capable laptops are on that subject, at least. I have many good memories of running Advance Wars on a 600MHz Pentium III whereas my desktop (200MHz Pentium XD), couldn't even play NES games with sound. My first laptop actually allowed me to play Counter-Strike with me friends. Plus, my best friend's sister's boyfriend had a gaming laptop that was awesome at the time, enough to play BF:Vietnam, and I was impressed back then.
So yeah, I get what you and SlickDragon are talking about; I'm not trying to take sides here. Gamers game, so that's what I do. Laptops are getting better all the time, and things are looking up with Ivy Bridge. It'll be a nice day when I can just pick up any laptop and run things like Desmume or JPCSP, even with Intel's IGPs.