8th January 2004, 1:22 PM
This Apex one sounds like it is locked into 'put disc in to play' mode though, and can't be made to go to normal Windows... though you probably could modify it to go to Linux if you know what you are doing. The more interesting part is where in that interview they say Alienware will make something compatible with this... Alienware is a big name in the gamer pc market...
But still I'm not so sure about the point of this. It's clearly aimed at console gamers who don't like the hassles of installing and playing PC games. But a lot of PC games are made for computers, not TVs... I'm not so sure about how well they would look or play on TVs. Now high-resolution TVs, fine... but most people, especially the target 'idiot' (sorry but it's true) market for this thing, doesn't have that stuff! And anyway, people who know what they are doing would have video cards with TV out anyway so for them this is irrelevant...
Oh yeah, and it looks like a DVD player. Also, it's another attempt at a 'all-in-one' solution... summoning the 3D0, I think. Just with PC hardware. :)
But still I'm not so sure about the point of this. It's clearly aimed at console gamers who don't like the hassles of installing and playing PC games. But a lot of PC games are made for computers, not TVs... I'm not so sure about how well they would look or play on TVs. Now high-resolution TVs, fine... but most people, especially the target 'idiot' (sorry but it's true) market for this thing, doesn't have that stuff! And anyway, people who know what they are doing would have video cards with TV out anyway so for them this is irrelevant...
Oh yeah, and it looks like a DVD player. Also, it's another attempt at a 'all-in-one' solution... summoning the 3D0, I think. Just with PC hardware. :)
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