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  • Re: Acer's Doing One Too

    From JAB@21:1/5 to Spalls Hurgenson on Mon Jan 20 12:30:55 2025
    On 18/01/2025 15:33, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
    I wonder, is this going to be a permanent new addition to the PC
    ecosystem, or are hand-helds just a fad like Netbooks briefly were. Personally, I've no interest in the things --gimme a computer with a
    full keyboard anyday!-- but a lot of the kids seem to live and die on
    their cellphones, so maybe a handheld PC is more appealing? Or will
    they just shrug at the things bulkiness in comparison to their phones
    and ignore it too?

    I can see it becoming a niche but a large niche. So it comes to you next upgrade time and you buy a Steam Deck that you can put in a dock and
    it's fine to act as your PC but you can also take it with you. I would
    consider it if it wasn't for the fact that PC gaming on the go just
    isn't something that interests me.

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  • From Zaghadka@21:1/5 to Spalls Hurgenson on Mon Jan 20 15:25:49 2025
    On Sat, 18 Jan 2025 10:33:53 -0500, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
    Spalls Hurgenson wrote:



    Is it the "Year Of The Handheld Gaming PC", do you think? Now Acer has >announced its "Nitro Blaze" hand-held, throwing its hat into the
    portable gaming PC ring.

    The device itself isn't that appealing; its considerably more bulky
    than either Valve's SteamDeck or Lenovo's LegionGo...
    [snip]

    MSI has one too. It's called the "Claw."

    https://us.msi.com/Handhelds/Products#?tag=Claw-Series

    https://media0.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTc5MGI3NjExb2Yzemprb3ViM3M0bXBlOXppdDRzdWE2bWtmMXRpYTRneHdwZDhlcCZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZfYnlfaWQmY3Q9Zw/YMXpTBoVQbL9N8MKZa/giphy.gif

    --
    Zag

    This is csipg.rpg - reality is off topic. ...G. Quinn ('08)

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  • From Xocyll@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jan 21 13:30:33 2025
    Spalls Hurgenson <[email protected]> looked up from reading the entrails of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs
    say:

    On Mon, 20 Jan 2025 15:25:49 -0600, Zaghadka <[email protected]>
    wrote:

    On Sat, 18 Jan 2025 10:33:53 -0500, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
    Spalls Hurgenson wrote:



    Is it the "Year Of The Handheld Gaming PC", do you think? Now Acer has >>>announced its "Nitro Blaze" hand-held, throwing its hat into the
    portable gaming PC ring.

    The device itself isn't that appealing; its considerably more bulky
    than either Valve's SteamDeck or Lenovo's LegionGo...
    [snip]

    MSI has one too. It's called the "Claw."

    https://us.msi.com/Handhelds/Products#?tag=Claw-Series >>https://media0.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTc5MGI3NjExb2Yzemprb3ViM3M0bXBlOXppdDRzdWE2bWtmMXRpYTRneHdwZDhlcCZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZfYnlfaWQmY3Q9Zw/YMXpTBoVQbL9N8MKZa/giphy.gif

    I dunno anything about that device beyond the name, but that's a
    _really_ bad name for a mobile device. I know it's supposed to sound
    fierce and powerful, but instead it brings to mind the crooked shape
    of a hand forced to hold a heavy handheld for too long.

    They should have gone with 'fang' or 'talon'. Claw is a bit too much
    on the nose. ;-)
    unless it had a hood of sort to shade the screen. Adds a whole new
    element to Jacob 2-2 and the Hooded Claw.

    Xocyll

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