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Honemi:
I'm surprised you didn't mention the Petabyte Endurance test, Kitamesme. Though, I guess it is about a month old now.
Any of you guys heard of this Tango PC? It's a laptop that fits in your pocket (without the screen and other stuff we like about laptops). It's priced like a laptop, too. Well, they compare it more to a desktop. Here's their successful Kickstarter for more information. It should be able to play older and less intensive PC games with its iGPU especially at HD (~1280x720) resolutions.
Also, it seems like a Titan 2: Electric Boogaloo is in our future.
kitamesume:
--- Quote from: Honemi on July 14, 2014, 08:58:11 PM ---I'm surprised you didn't mention the Petabyte Endurance test, Kitamesme. Though, I guess it is about a month old now.
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didn't see this one when i back read a month's worth of reports, so yeah.
and lol, i guess staying away from samsung 840 non-pro is a good idea.
Tatsujin:
So basically Corsair Neutron GTX is the king. The Samsung Pro is behind it. Well, that's not too bad. I THINK?!
I don't know. I don't use the EVO or Pro for anything really. I don't even think I've even hit 1TB on either.
kitamesume:
it depends, they haven't gone through some other products like intel's 330, 530, 710 or 730 series, OCZ's, plextor's nor crucial's offerings.
in any case, a lot of reasonably good 240GB SSDs are priced at $120~$150 which is quite a lot more affordable than it was a few years ago.
can't wait for some SATAExpress SSDs rolling out, hopefully some performance 500GB models hits $180~$200 retail which would be quite pleasing.
and since budget models are rolling in at roughly the same $200/500GB price point, it wouldn't be far off for such to happen.
kureshii:
--- Quote from: Honemi on July 14, 2014, 08:58:11 PM ---Any of you guys heard of this Tango PC? It's a laptop that fits in your pocket (without the screen and other stuff we like about laptops). It's priced like a laptop, too. Well, they compare it more to a desktop. Here's their successful Kickstarter for more information. It should be able to play older and less intensive PC games with its iGPU especially at HD (~1280x720) resolutions.
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Sounds closer to the 'nettop' category than laptop-without-a-screen. (Think "desktop" version of netboks)
For that price, right now I'd rather have it be Atom-based and come with a much lower TDP. Something like this. Really interesting that they're going with Dockport though, considering
* Dockport spec was only out in June this year.
* They plan to ship in Nov this year, effectively only giving 5 months for ironing out manufacturing issues and testing with the spec
* Linux does not officially have Dockport support yet, and I haven't heard of any Dockport drivers for Windows either. I wonder how they are doing their testing … or if they're testing with software/hardware combinations other than what's in their videos.
I don't like shitting on people’s parades, but if this is just an early-to-market version of a Dockport-enabled nettop that’s competing solely on specs, I don’t see much of a future to it, assuming it even delivers, on time. It’s a great idea—that VESA expects other manufacturers to pick up soon enough.
Just to be clear, I really do like the idea. I’ve gone from mATX to mini-ITX to Thin-ITX with each successive generation of upgrades. My next upgrade will probably be some thing with Dockport or some similar docking intention, but not something like this.
How could we compress a bulky PC to a cellphone size? We moved the bulky connectors, the bulky fan and the bulky heat sink into the docking port. {tl;dr we made the PC useless on its own; please buy our docking stations!}
^ This part I especially hate. If you look at the VESA Dockport spec, it basically allows power and data over a single cable. Tango transferred heat-dissipating capability from the main chassis/heatsink into the dock, essentially making it useless on its own, which isn't the point of Dockport—it's supposed to be a flexible power+data spec that enables devices to function on their own, or with expanded connectivity and power charging when docked.
With the need for dock-provided heat dissipation, the Tango basically requires users to buy the PC together with its proprietary docks. No thanks.
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