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Engineer Combines Xbox One, PS4 Into Epic 'PlayBox' Laptop
MojoKid writes We can finally stop arguing over which is the superior game console, the PlayStation 4 or Xbox One. Quite frankly, it's a pointless debate, and it took a self-taught engineer to put the argument to rest, which he did by combining both game systems into a 22-inch laptop. Meet the "PlayBox," a gaming laptop that's equal parts Xbox One and PS4 rolled into one. The PlayBox wins the argument because it allows you to play games on either system, and when it comes down to it, the ability to play games is all that matters. Built for a "specific customer," the owner of this prototype system needn't worry about exclusives since he now has a system that can play them all, and do it while taking up no more space than a single console.
I don't know why this story is making the rounds. Christ, someone give this guy a cookie for jamming two consoles in one box and send him on his way.
All he did is basically put the guts of both consoles into one box.
I'd be more impressed if it was actual custom hardware that could run both system.
An actual engineer would have at least figured out a way to make 1 optical drive read discs from both systems. At least use the electronics from each optical drive with the lasers mounted on opposite sides, so they don't bump into each other. Wait, I don't get paid enough for this sort of thing.
I suppose the "laptop" is usable only with high end noise canceling headphones? And if someone else is in the same building with you, they'll come and smash it with a hammer to get rid of the whirrrrr.
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PC is not the "master race" because it is not a single race, but a variety of different kinds of machines with different kinds of purposes.
If you want a PC that can outlast a 3DS or PSVita by a factor of 3 in battery time you can.
If you want a really powerful PC that runs all games in 4k, you can.
If you want the cheapest box on the block that can run older (and arguably better) games, you can.
If you want a serious machine for actually doing serious work, PC is there for that too.
And you can run any software you want for it, can write new software for it, can actually write software for several consoles with it..
Its about freedom, not power.
So a tinkerer is now an engineer. How sad. Maybe someone who learns how to treat the common cold with chicken soup is also a doctor.
Sorry, but this dude looks like he works out 2 hours a day, and I think I heard him grunt when he picked it up. If the 5" thick body didn't already discredit that term (note: the original IBM Portable was NOT A LAPTOP).
You'd probably get bruises on your thighs if you put this on your lap, if you didn't get 2nd degree burns before that...
It doesn't look like it. The article's source is a blog written in the first person. The blog is hosted on edsjunk.net which is registered to one Eddie Zarick.