Is it the "Year Of The Handheld Gaming PC", do you think? Now Acer has
announced its "Nitro Blaze" hand-held, throwing its hat into the
portable gaming PC ring.

The device itself isn't that appealing; its considerably more bulky
than either Valve's SteamDeck or Lenovo's LegionGo. That's mostly
because it has an oversized 11" screen, which seems excessive for a
device intended to be held in the hands all the time. Otherwise, it's
specs are fairly ordinary and without any other exciting features.
Also, it's still running Windows and it's Acer: a brand not known for
quality design or products. Given all that, its expected $1100 price
seems all the more excessive.

But that's not really the point. What is interesting is how more and
more companies are releasing hand-held devices to compete with
SteamDeck (and Switch, I suppose). In addition to Acer, both Lenovo
and ASUS have entered the market. I wouldn't be surprised to see other
OEMs follow suit in coming months.

I wonder, is this going to be a permanent new addition to the PC
ecosystem, or are hand-helds just a fad like Netbooks briefly were.
Personally, I've no interest in the things --gimme a computer with a
full keyboard anyday!-- but a lot of the kids seem to live and die on
their cellphones, so maybe a handheld PC is more appealing? Or will
they just shrug at the things bulkiness in comparison to their phones
and ignore it too?

Still, I can only hope this new development inspires more people to
push towards SteamOS and similar Proton-powered alternatives, making
Windows ever less a necessity for modern PC gaming.

On 18/01/2025 15:33, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
> I wonder, is this going to be a permanent new addition to the PC
> ecosystem, or are hand-helds just a fad like Netbooks briefly were.
> Personally, I've no interest in the things --gimme a computer with a
> full keyboard anyday!-- but a lot of the kids seem to live and die on
> their cellphones, so maybe a handheld PC is more appealing? Or will
> they just shrug at the things bulkiness in comparison to their phones
> and ignore it too?

I can see it becoming a niche but a large niche. So it comes to you next
upgrade time and you buy a Steam Deck that you can put in a dock and
it's fine to act as your PC but you can also take it with you. I would
consider it if it wasn't for the fact that PC gaming on the go just
isn't something that interests me.

On Sat, 18 Jan 2025 10:33:53 -0500, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

>
>
>Is it the "Year Of The Handheld Gaming PC", do you think? Now Acer has
>announced its "Nitro Blaze" hand-held, throwing its hat into the
>portable gaming PC ring.
>
>The device itself isn't that appealing; its considerably more bulky
>than either Valve's SteamDeck or Lenovo's LegionGo...
[snip]

MSI has one too. It's called the "Claw."

https://us.msi.com/Handhelds/Products#?tag=Claw-Series

https://media0.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTc5MGI3NjExb2Yzemprb3ViM3M0bXBlOXppdDRzdWE2bWtmMXRpYTRneHdwZDhlcCZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZfYnlfaWQmY3Q9Zw/YMXpTBoVQbL9N8MKZa/giphy.gif

--
Zag

This is csipg.rpg - reality is off topic. ...G. Quinn ('08)

On Mon, 20 Jan 2025 15:25:49 -0600, Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>On Sat, 18 Jan 2025 10:33:53 -0500, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
>Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>Is it the "Year Of The Handheld Gaming PC", do you think? Now Acer has
>>announced its "Nitro Blaze" hand-held, throwing its hat into the
>>portable gaming PC ring.
>>
>>The device itself isn't that appealing; its considerably more bulky
>>than either Valve's SteamDeck or Lenovo's LegionGo...
>[snip]
>
>MSI has one too. It's called the "Claw."
>
>https://us.msi.com/Handhelds/Products#?tag=Claw-Series
>https://media0.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTc5MGI3NjExb2Yzemprb3ViM3M0bXBlOXppdDRzdWE2bWtmMXRpYTRneHdwZDhlcCZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZfYnlfaWQmY3Q9Zw/YMXpTBoVQbL9N8MKZa/giphy.gif

I dunno anything about that device beyond the name, but that's a
_really_ bad name for a mobile device. I know it's supposed to sound
fierce and powerful, but instead it brings to mind the crooked shape
of a hand forced to hold a heavy handheld for too long.

They should have gone with 'fang' or 'talon'. Claw is a bit too much
on the nose. ;-)

But, like I said, everyone is doing handheld PCs now.

Hopefully one will end up in an ewaste near me soon ;-)
(I'd never pay for the thing)

Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> looked up from reading the
entrails of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs
say:

>On Mon, 20 Jan 2025 15:25:49 -0600, Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com>
>wrote:
>
>>On Sat, 18 Jan 2025 10:33:53 -0500, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
>>Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Is it the "Year Of The Handheld Gaming PC", do you think? Now Acer has
>>>announced its "Nitro Blaze" hand-held, throwing its hat into the
>>>portable gaming PC ring.
>>>
>>>The device itself isn't that appealing; its considerably more bulky
>>>than either Valve's SteamDeck or Lenovo's LegionGo...
>>[snip]
>>
>>MSI has one too. It's called the "Claw."
>>
>>https://us.msi.com/Handhelds/Products#?tag=Claw-Series
>>https://media0.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTc5MGI3NjExb2Yzemprb3ViM3M0bXBlOXppdDRzdWE2bWtmMXRpYTRneHdwZDhlcCZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZfYnlfaWQmY3Q9Zw/YMXpTBoVQbL9N8MKZa/giphy.gif
>
>I dunno anything about that device beyond the name, but that's a
>_really_ bad name for a mobile device. I know it's supposed to sound
>fierce and powerful, but instead it brings to mind the crooked shape
>of a hand forced to hold a heavy handheld for too long.
>
>They should have gone with 'fang' or 'talon'. Claw is a bit too much
>on the nose. ;-)
unless it had a hood of sort to shade the screen. Adds a whole new
element to Jacob 2-2 and the Hooded Claw.

Xocyll

Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
>
>
> Is it the "Year Of The Handheld Gaming PC", do you think? Now Acer has
> announced its "Nitro Blaze" hand-held, throwing its hat into the
> portable gaming PC ring.
>
> The device itself isn't that appealing; its considerably more bulky
> than either Valve's SteamDeck or Lenovo's LegionGo. That's mostly
> because it has an oversized 11" screen, which seems excessive for a
> device intended to be held in the hands all the time. Otherwise, it's
> specs are fairly ordinary and without any other exciting features.
> Also, it's still running Windows and it's Acer: a brand not known for
> quality design or products. Given all that, its expected $1100 price
> seems all the more excessive.
>
> But that's not really the point. What is interesting is how more and
> more companies are releasing hand-held devices to compete with
> SteamDeck (and Switch, I suppose). In addition to Acer, both Lenovo
> and ASUS have entered the market. I wouldn't be surprised to see other
> OEMs follow suit in coming months.
>
> I wonder, is this going to be a permanent new addition to the PC
> ecosystem, or are hand-helds just a fad like Netbooks briefly were.
> Personally, I've no interest in the things --gimme a computer with a
> full keyboard anyday!-- but a lot of the kids seem to live and die on
> their cellphones, so maybe a handheld PC is more appealing? Or will
> they just shrug at the things bulkiness in comparison to their phones
> and ignore it too?
>
> Still, I can only hope this new development inspires more people to
> push towards SteamOS and similar Proton-powered alternatives, making
> Windows ever less a necessity for modern PC gaming.
>
>
>

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