For years I had been building my own custom 'gaming rigs' (powerful desktop machines that required me to sit in my basement office whenever I felt like playing a game).
Fast forward a few years with the advent of HDMI TV's and video cards/cables capable of connecting to them easily I began my exodus from the 'basement dungeon'. My wife and kids began finding my powerful desktop gaming rigs sitting in the family and/or living room(s). Suddenly the various consoles also connected to the TV's didn't seem to get much attention or use anymore.
Fast forward yet again and with homes set up for anytime/anywhere media-streaming and complete broadband coverage the need to remain 'tethered' to any one location in the home for work/play seems a distant bad memory. Portable hardware keeps eclipsing itself and thus becomes more and more attractive.
As a result I have ordered a Toshiba Qosmio X70 'gamer notebook', which will serve both work and play needs, as well as being just 'portable' enough to be more easily moved from room to room than my existing gaming desktop rigs.
Specs: (Toshiba Qosmio X70)
Intel® Core™ i7-4700MQ Processor
- NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 770M featuring 3GB of GDDR5
32GB DDR3L 1600MHz memory
- 1.25TB: 256GB Solid State Drive (mSATA, SSD) + 1.0TB (5400 RPM, Serial ATA)
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- Blu-ray Disc™ Rewriteable (BD-RE)
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- Anyone else (especially hardcore desktop gamers) considering a slightly more portable option these days?