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Subject: Re: Acer's Doing One Too
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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. That's mostly
> because it has an oversized 11" screen, which seems excessive for a
> device intended to be held in the hands all the time. Otherwise, it's
> specs are fairly ordinary and without any other exciting features.
> Also, it's still running Windows and it's Acer: a brand not known for
> quality design or products. Given all that, its expected $1100 price
> seems all the more excessive.
> 
> But that's not really the point. What is interesting is how more and
> more companies are releasing hand-held devices to compete with
> SteamDeck (and Switch, I suppose). In addition to Acer, both Lenovo
> and ASUS have entered the market. I wouldn't be surprised to see other
> OEMs follow suit in coming months.
> 
> 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?
> 
> Still, I can only hope this new development inspires more people to
> push towards SteamOS and similar Proton-powered alternatives, making
> Windows ever less a necessity for modern PC gaming.
> 
> 
> 


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