Mar 18
If you ever walked into an arcade in the 80’s, you will probably remember the game Gauntlet. This game is memorable because in a time when dual player on an … Continue reading
Feb 05
This week the folks at Valve have released Steam Music Beta, a local music service that’ll allow you to easily play music while you play games with SteamOS. THis service … Continue reading
Feb 03
Here’s another computer looking for a dumb terminal to mate with. Like the ICE xPC, Tango crams in the main components of a computer into a palm-sized case. It also uses a dock to connect to an HDMI display and other peripherals.
Tango has a 2GHz quad-core AMD A6-5200 CPU with an integrated Radeon HD 8400 GPU. It can have between 2GB to 8GB RAM as well as a 32GB to 512GB SSD. Like the ICE xPC, Tango can be loaded with pretty much any desktop operating system.
Unlike ICE xPC, Tango keeps it simple and only has one dock. That dock has an HDMI port, three USB 2.0 ports, one USB 3.0 port, an Ethernet jack and a Wi-Fi adapter. The dock of course needs to be plugged into an outlet for the whole setup to work.
Pledge at least $349 (USD) on Indiegogo to get a Tango PC and a docking station as a reward; there are also separate pledges for additional docking stations.
I still don’t think that this is the best solution to portable computing on a budget. Yes, it has decent specs and is quite cheap, but it’s clunky and messy. You’ll need multiple docks, keyboards, mice and a whole lot of cables for it to be worth it. Windows 8.1 tablets like the ASUS Transformer Book T100, the Dell Venue 11 Pro and the new ThinkPad 8 are more useful than the Tango, but they also cost more and run only Windows. Chromebooks are cheap and come with a keyboard and screen but they might not have access to the programs you need. I guess beggars can’t be choosers.
Jan 20
Each Steam Machine coming to the market later this year will be unique – that’s the message we’re getting from groups like iBuyPower and Falcon Northwest here in the first … Continue reading
Jan 17
If you’ve seen the NVIDIA SHIELD handheld gaming device working with streaming PC gaming in a home network, you know how it works – potentially – with Steam’s Big Picture … Continue reading
Jan 16
One of the most high-end-friendly builds to be shown in Valve’s first wave of Steam Machines revealed at CES 2014 was the Falcon Northwest Tiki, a tower with a price … Continue reading
Jan 16
In a manner similar to that of the annual Google I/O device (or devices) given to attendees of the developer conference comes Steam DevDays presenting of a Gigabyte BRIX Pro … Continue reading
Jan 15
Just a single slide at this week’s Steam DevDays was shown of the new Steam Controller for SteamOS, one which identified the chat earlier today on what would happen to … Continue reading
Jan 15
Today the folks responsible for Dell’s Alienware gaming hardware group have announced that they’ll be releasing their Steam Machine in September. This mysterious announcement comes after other hardware manufacturers making … Continue reading
Jan 14
If you’re planning on making your very own Steam Machine this upcoming inaugural release season and you’re a manufacturer looking to sell this device to the public, there’s one point … Continue reading
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