Koki on 19/6/2012 at 16:51
Quote Posted by Subjective Effect
How do you manage to stay so boring?
I am developed by Valve and rendered in Source engine
Thirith on 19/6/2012 at 17:14
Quote Posted by Koki
I am developed by Valve and rendered in Source engine
That would be funny, if Valve weren't known for a) polishing the hell out of their products and b) making them user-friendly.
If anything, you're that alpha version of
Half-Life where Gordon looked like a (
http://www.flickr.com/photos/redcti/4219076033/) crazed biker dude.
henke on 19/6/2012 at 17:55
Quote Posted by Subjective Effect
henke - is it just the gamepad possibilities that you like? Can't you use a gamepad with an iPad?
The closest thing to a gamepad for the iPad is this... (
http://www.logitech.com/en-us/tablet-accessories/other-accessories/joystick-ipad) uh, thing. But it's the full package that interests me with the Surface. You can use it as a regular tablet just fine, but need to type something? Slap on a keyboard and BAM! It's a laptop! Wanna play some games? Plug in a gamepad and BAM! It's a console! Need to carry a cup of coffee and a cinemon bun from the kitchen to the balcony? Place them on the tablet and BAM! It's a tray!
No but seriously, the Surface is looking much more tempting than Apple's offerings right now. iPad 2 and 3 have been basically just more of the same without addressing any of the shortcomings that I felt the first iPad had, namely poor gaming controls and awful typing/text-editing capabilities. I can't count the number of times I've been surfing TTLG on the pad, felt compelled to post something only to get angry at the clunky interface, or pulling my hair out trying to figure out how to do something like embedd a YouTube video. Often I'll just say "fuck it" and go boot up the desktop PC to do my posting there instead. A rudimentary keyboard and touchpad would go a great length towards easing up typing and textediting.
Hopefully Win 8 will be much more open than iOS as well, and ofcourse getting access to my vast library of Steam games means I don't need to start buying games for yet another separate platform.
ZylonBane on 19/6/2012 at 17:56
Please. Koki is
Big Rigs.
Volitions Advocate on 19/6/2012 at 18:11
You know you can already get an x86 based tablet that fully supports windows 7. Asus and Acer both make them, and I'm sure others do too.
The asus ones are really nice, they even make them in 12" versions, with an i5 sandybridge and 4gigs of ram. They're expensive, but they're available.
EDIT: (
http://ca.asus.com/en/Eee/Eee_Pad/Eee_Slate_B121/#specifications)
Koki on 19/6/2012 at 19:46
Quote Posted by Thirith
That would be funny, if Valve weren't known for a) polishing the hell out of their products and b) making them user-friendly.
And that contradicts "boring" how exactly?
Renzatic on 19/6/2012 at 19:55
(
http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/retro-gaming/ecea/) ...or this
Quote:
But it's the full package that interests me with the Surface. You can use it as a regular tablet just fine, but need to type something? Slap on a keyboard and BAM! It's a laptop! Wanna play some games? Plug in a gamepad and BAM! It's a console! Need to carry a cup of coffee and a cinemon bun from the kitchen to the balcony? Place them on the tablet and BAM! It's a tray!
No but seriously, the Surface is looking much more tempting than Apple's offerings right now. iPad 2 and 3 have been basically just more of the same without addressing any of the shortcomings that I felt the first iPad had, namely poor gaming controls and awful typing/text-editing capabilities. I can't count the number of times I've been surfing TTLG on the pad, felt compelled to post something only to get angry at the clunky interface, or pulling my hair out trying to figure out how to do something like embedd a YouTube video. Often I'll just say "fuck it" and go boot up the desktop PC to do my posting there instead. A rudimentary keyboard and touchpad would go a great length towards easing up typing and textediting.
Hopefully Win 8 will be much more open than iOS as well, and ofcourse getting access to my vast library of Steam games means I don't need to start buying games for yet another separate platform.
This is what I like about the Surface. It's a tablet if you want it to be a tablet, a Windows 8 mini superthin laptop (I refuse to say ultrabook) if you want it to be a mini superthin laptop. It isn't the best device for absolutely hardcore "I must play everything at 2560x1440 super max on every machine I own" people, but for those with realistic expectations, it's a potentially neat little thing.
It's small enough to read a Kindle book while in bed. Powerful enough to fire up some modern games at a medium settings/modest resolution while you're out travelling. I think it has potential.
demagogue on 19/6/2012 at 21:54
I really like my little Asus netbook for gaming. The thing is tiny so it's so easy to carry around like to a coffee shop or visiting family or friends, compared to a normal sized laptop which is a bit unwieldy. Moving the keyboard aside, letting it serve as a tablet (that's open; I loathe how closed iPads et al are), & making it more powerful would just make it that much better, so I can see the appeal with this.
SubJeff on 20/6/2012 at 00:07
Quote Posted by henke
You can use it as a regular tablet just fine, but need to type something? Slap on a keyboard and BAM! It's a laptop! Wanna play some games? Plug in a gamepad and BAM! It's a console! Need to carry a cup of coffee and a cinemon bun from the kitchen to the balcony? Place them on the tablet and BAM! It's a tray!
iPad 2 and 3 have been basically just more of the same without addressing any of the shortcomings that I felt the first iPad had, namely poor gaming controls and awful typing/text-editing capabilities.
You can have a gamepad on Android tablets and lots of tablet portfolio cases come with bluetooth keyboards now.
I don't see that this MS effort brings anything good/new to the party.
