alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 year agoMSI will switch to AMD chips for its high-end Claw handheld PC if the rumour mill is to be believedwww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square14linkfedilinkarrow-up163arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up161arrow-down1external-linkMSI will switch to AMD chips for its high-end Claw handheld PC if the rumour mill is to be believedwww.pcgamer.comalessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square14linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareUlrich@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down2·1 year agoNot…really? I think it’s best described as “not bad”. But there are a half a dozen handheld PCs at this point that are nearly indistinguishable. Maybe some weirdo really wants an Intel handheld for some reason, so they buy The Claw.
minus-squarewoelkchen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoUsing worse components just to be different is not really a good sales strategy.
minus-squareUlrich@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoThey’re not objectively worse.
minus-squarewoelkchen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoThe benefits of Intel (mostly Thunderbolt) are irrelevant for handhelds, though.
minus-squareUlrich@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·1 year agoHave to disagree when you consider eGPUs.
minus-squarewoelkchen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down2·1 year ago Have to disagree when you consider eGPUs. eGPUs with a handheld? Yeah… nope.
minus-squarewoelkchen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoWhere are you carrying that eGPU?
minus-squareUlrich@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoYou don’t carry it anywhere. You leave it on your desk.
Not…really? I think it’s best described as “not bad”. But there are a half a dozen handheld PCs at this point that are nearly indistinguishable. Maybe some weirdo really wants an Intel handheld for some reason, so they buy The Claw.
Using worse components just to be different is not really a good sales strategy.
They’re not objectively worse.
The benefits of Intel (mostly Thunderbolt) are irrelevant for handhelds, though.
Have to disagree when you consider eGPUs.
eGPUs with a handheld? Yeah… nope.
…yep?
Where are you carrying that eGPU?
You don’t carry it anywhere. You leave it on your desk.