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PlayStation 5 transformed into a laptop for $2,750 — Chinese modders made Sony's console more portable with a 17.3-inch 4K display weighing over 9... : Read more

 

[bit_user]

The cruel irony of this design is how few games actually support mouse or even keyboard. I've found more than one game or app's text-entry widget that lacks any USB keyboard support, which makes me wonder what the heck are people supposed to do who are using assistive technologies?

A better move would've been to build a PS5 into the back of a portable monitor.

 

[KyaraM]

4k 17"... who even sees the difference between 4k and 1440p, for example, at that size? I certainly don't... dumb. And overly expensive.

 

[Pierce2623]

I’m very confused as to why the author is calling it a PC if it’s running PlayStation OS. That makes it a PlayStation disguised as a laptop, not a PC. Imagine how stupid this looks next to a Strix Halo laptop.

 

[bit_user]

I’m very confused as to why the author is calling it a PC if it’s running PlayStation OS.

Yeah, I was really excited by the OtherOS feature the PS3 had in its early days. Too bad Sony changed course and now keeps their hardware so locked down.

These days, it'd be easier than ever to support a VM that would run Linux or whatever, but I guess if they're not making money on the hardware, then they really wouldn't want to encourage people buying it just to use as a sort of high-end NUC.

 

[TheOtherOne]

Another round of "This crap is for those who got more money than brains"!

And unfortunately, there are people in this world who would actually waste spend money on this.

 

[Pemalite]

I’m very confused as to why the author is calling it a PC if it’s running PlayStation OS. That makes it a PlayStation disguised as a laptop, not a PC. Imagine how stupid this looks next to a Strix Halo laptop.

PC stands for "Personal Computer". - All computing devices are technically a "PC" unless it's a communal device like an ATM.

This is why Sony called the original Playstation a "Computer entertainment device".

 

[ex_bubblehead]

Just because something can be done does not in any way mean that it should be done.

 

[Pierce2623]

Yeah, I was really excited by the OtherOS feature the PS3 had in its early days. Too bad Sony changed course and now keeps their hardware so locked down.

These days, it'd be easier than ever to support a VM that would run Linux or whatever, but I guess if they're not making money on the hardware, then they really wouldn't want to encourage people buying it just to use as a sort of high-end NUC.

Exactly. They supposedly slightly subsidize the hardware purchase in hopes you’ll buy games. If they made it possible to just use it as a computer, they’d be subsidizing hardware for people that had no intentions of buying games.

 

[bit_user]

PC stands for "Personal Computer". - All computing devices are technically a "PC" unless it's a communal device like an ATM.

This is why Sony called the original Playstation a "Computer entertainment device".

I thought playstation was a clever twist on the "workstation" label applied to many high-end professional desktop machines. I'm sure that's what they were thinking, since we don't generally go around calling things "stations" enough for it to make sense otherwise.