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- rft3rd, on 10/18/2008, -1/+35Ok seriously. This made me ROFL. People, Its a PC with a linux distro on it and a playstation controller attached to it. Is this really cool? Is this something you really want to see? For what? Who are they marketing this to? Anyone who knows enough about linux could build one of these themselves.
- cheeseplease, on 10/18/2008, -7/+39Going to keep an eye on this one... could be promising.
- iXneonXi, on 10/18/2008, -1/+19I'm more interested in the Pandora. I wish they'd send me one already!
- Junkey, on 10/18/2008, -8/+25Before anyone asks, no it can't run Crysis.
- smartpatrol, on 10/18/2008, -0/+16Athlon 64 x2 is dual-core, not quad-core. Also, a HD 3200 graphics chip is extremely weak, barely above Intel integrated graphics.
- compgeek, on 10/18/2008, -2/+16this looks amazing. the amount of power in it is pretty good for after the rebates $250. I'll definitely be looking at this when it hits the retails channels
- inactive, on 10/18/2008, -1/+12"The Phantom"
Never forget.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Phantom_(game_sys ... - Dagreenman, on 10/18/2008, -10/+20ALL HAIL THE MIGHTY PENGUIN!!!!!
- 0biKwiet, on 10/18/2008, -0/+9These guys are morons. If this is supposed to do graphics it already fails. The HD3200 is not meant for 3D graphics, at all. How could you put a project like this together with such a terrible grasp of modern hardware, and price/performance ratios?
- Dracker, on 10/18/2008, -0/+8This uses an x86 processor. This is a desktop processor in a game system. And since it's x86, this means that pretty much anything you can play on this, you can play on PC. Since it's Linux-based, most of the software that runs on it you can either already play on a PC, or is probably open-source, such that all you need to do is recompile (maybe not even that) to run it on a linux PC.
Nothing will be exclusive, most likely, as long as you can run its distro on a regular PC - and why wouldn't you be able to anyway?
This is just a PC marketed as a game console. Nothing to see here. - Eaststand, on 10/18/2008, -0/+7That looks like a pile of *****........ sorry Linux lovers, but why would you buy one of those instead of the mainstream offerings?? Or just buy a tv-out cable for your pc.... much cheaper, and upgradeable.
- trafficlight, on 10/18/2008, -0/+7I was just going to say this looks like the second coming of the Phantom.
- inactive, on 10/18/2008, -0/+6***** console, good computer. but i would replace the retarded ati 3 series card with the 4850.
- smartpatrol, on 10/18/2008, -0/+6Dude, I had the BEST idea ever for a gaming console. It has fully upgradeable and customizable hardware, it can run Windows or Linux, it can connect to the internet, and it can play tons of games both open-source and closed-source. Amazing!
- EskNerd, on 10/18/2008, -0/+6It might blend, but does it *blend*?
- bob135, on 10/18/2008, -0/+6Vaporware!
- ShyGuy91284, on 10/18/2008, -2/+7Sounds like a fun gadget. Too bad mainstream publishers would never go near it specifically since it could easily be used for things that would go against the publisher's interests.
- cgbspender, on 10/18/2008, -7/+12"a quad-core Athlon 64x2"?
Also, why is it so ugly? And why did they copy the most unergonomic controller of the last few years?
For $600 I'd rather buy a normal computer. - inactive, on 10/18/2008, -2/+7They chose the best controller actually.
- neopherine, on 10/18/2008, -2/+6for $320 pandora is not exactly a cheap console. Didn't they stop accepting order already? http://www.linuxhaxor.net/2008/10/03/handheld-linu ...
- ArthurSucks, on 10/18/2008, -0/+4I think it would be wise to just make a bare-bones system and let people kinda build their own system.
- kutza, on 10/18/2008, -1/+5The most amazing thing is the specs for the price. I'd rather buy it as a powerful $250 linux thin client for my media center...
- handheldchimp, on 10/18/2008, -2/+6So far, all of the systems base off of already retail computer parts have never come to existence...remember the Phantom...yeah I never got to play on it either.
- inactive, on 10/18/2008, -4/+8HD3200?
for $600 it better have a damn HD4870 and 4GB of RAM.
then we could play CRYSIS. - r4ge, on 10/18/2008, -0/+4what about the thousands of free online servers for pc games?
- ommadawn, on 10/19/2008, -0/+4I'm sure they will stumble over the major problem of Linux gaming - lack of standards. Developers have no idea where to start. There are so many sound, graphics and network APIs and many of them are just crap. I think the first company to succesfully release a Linux gaming console will be one who completes a fairly general and powerful framework for writing games. Complete with tools, etc. You can't just put Linux on a rectangular piece of plastic and call it a day.
- absurdist, on 10/18/2008, -2/+6Indeed, you are. And a sad, sorry little boy as well.
- darkphenox, on 10/18/2008, -0/+4and you know, has games for it
- Lane, on 10/18/2008, -0/+4 Some stats on the 3200: Doom 3: - High 800x600 avg of 29fps Lets face it, this thing is coming out YEARS too late with such a GPU. No kind of voodoo magic is going to make this a viable competitor to a PS3 or a 360. Perhaps not even the Wii's graphics. What a joke...
- benologist, on 10/18/2008, -0/+4There's no real alternative to paid subscriptions for online play because the company has to pay for a ton of servers and manpower every month.
- Spo8, on 10/18/2008, -0/+3I love the smell of vaporware in the morning.
- PaulOwen, on 10/18/2008, -1/+4Yes it's always exciting when someone thinks up a new buzzword like "cloud" for something we've had for a long long time.
- kutza, on 10/18/2008, -2/+5Looks like it will fit in perfectly with my surround system and other equipment. Compare that to the 360 (ugly as sin) and the PS3 (can't stack).
I don't want my console to stick out, I want it to blend. - newwatch51, on 10/19/2008, -0/+3Just because you can't download and execute a binary from the desktop doesn't mean it sucks. It just means that Linux works differently than Windows does.
- Knet88, on 10/22/2008, -0/+2No way, dude face it, nobody wants to play CRYSIS, 90% of the people that leave comments like you did are just trying to be irritating, they know that the game is a large steaming pile of crap.
- earlvanze, on 10/19/2008, -1/+3Yes, but will it blend?
- BugMeNot2, on 10/18/2008, -1/+3I agree. Mirrors Evolution will accelerate go-kart production.
- earlvanze, on 10/19/2008, -0/+2Turn it into a media center pc.
- FearSonic, on 10/18/2008, -0/+2Whoever bought into that garbage should take a look at this bridge I want to sell them...
- inactive, on 10/18/2008, -2/+4Don't feed the troll.
- inactive, on 10/18/2008, -1/+3OpenPandora.org ftw!
- Axim, on 10/18/2008, -0/+2733 but who's counting..
regardless its not the same as someone slapping together parts anyone could obtain, the xbox had a custom processor and gpu developed by nvidia.. - Surkow, on 10/18/2008, -0/+2A nice system to run XBMC on.
- bullox, on 10/18/2008, -0/+2Go-karts accelerate in mirrors. When you drive away from them.
- String, on 10/19/2008, -0/+2crapness!!! =D
- inactive, on 10/18/2008, -0/+2PS3 has sold 15 million units, and costs $400 now
- meed, on 10/19/2008, -0/+2How can this not be vaporware? radeon 3200 as it's gpu? quad core x2?
If your gonna make a console based on PC hardware you need to have ONE major thing, a upgradeable GPU! Then you sell a barebones version and a retail box version.
Phantom? Apextreme? now EVO? - contradictator, on 10/19/2008, -1/+2Those who do not learn from vaporware are doomed to repeat it.
- saejinn, on 10/19/2008, -0/+1This is true, but where the customers go I suspect so too will the developers. In other words, if everyone loves the freedom and openness of this thing I could see some developers porting over.
- benologist, on 10/19/2008, -0/+1Some companies eat the cost because of the goodwill they get in return and some people set up their own servers and eat or share the costs because they want their own dedicated server. Those scenarios aren't always viable and don't always scale to handle the volume of people Sony etc are catering to.
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