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Intel to Market PCs as Home Entertainment Hubs
wantobe writes "Yahoo! News is reporting that Intel is developing their own "new technology" to convert home computers into entertainment hubs. Does anyone even really want this?" From the article: "Analysts say the chip bundle and software will transform the PC into an all-purpose multimedia device designed to function as a CD and DVD player, digital video recorder, game console, as well as a machine for traditional data processing and Internet."
Maybe Intel thinks that if their all-in-one Centrino can be successful, they might want to give it another go?
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" Analysts say the chip bundle and software will transform the PC into an all-purpose multimedia device designed to function as a CD and DVD player, digital video recorder, game console, as well as a machine for traditional data processing and Internet"
Wish my computer could play cd/dvd's, record video, play games, do word processing and access the Internet! Man the future is gonna be cool!
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Everithyng but the kitchen sink
...space heater.
With those dual cores these things are going to sell like gangbusters. Hell. Sell it at home depot as the first space heater that just happens to play dvds, record video, and plays doom III at acceptable framerates.
It worked for Apple :)
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More seriously, there are a lot of people who are putting together media control systems, and -- for the most part -- it's not eating most of the CPU power of your average 2Gz CPU, so why not set up people to dual-use their home PC? It's just another way for them to maintain their hold on their market share.
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It's nothing more than another step to turn the internet into TV. Soon it will only upload to authorized shopping sites, so you can buy that new whiz-bang walmart combination charcol lighter-lawn mower-wife beater as soon as you finish seeing the commercial. All communications will be required to go through a central server to check for violations of the sedition/traitorous acts laws. Of course P2P will be a thing of the past. Anyone caught trying to bypass the servers will face 10 years hard labor at Nike's new prison factory, so now they can say they're "American Made" and mean it. Operating an unauthorized non-wintel machine will get you double that.