The steambox purpose was to help bring pc gaming to the living room it is just a PC in a smaller console like form just like the Alienware XM1 where it will be able to run Linux and Windows OS.
Why do people think the steambox is a console
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A few Consolities actually think that and have been using steambox as sometype of agument that Valve is moving to console business because it was somehow better yet probably never read what Gabe Newell basically said about the steambox. If steambox is a console than this right below is a console to right? lol I guess they missed the fact that it will run windows and linux while playing pc games on steam and mostly cpabale of doing more than just games.
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[QUOTE="DarthRamms"][QUOTE="Sandulf29"]Because SteamBox is more of a console black box than a PC. SteamBox won't be as versatile as PC and SteamBox doesn't have anything significant which PC gamers don't have alreadySandulf29
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Steambox will be an open platform like the PC capable of running windows 7 meaning it can probably do more than just play games
Yes it can run Win 7 but that isn't its primary function. People aren't going to buy SteamBox to do office work, graphical designing, running clouds/servers, etc. but to play games. Latest smartphones and tablets have a lot of capabilities same as PC like browsers, media players, spreadsheets, documents, presentatios etc. but still they are known as smartphones and tablets and not PC In short, SteamBox is a black box with fixed hardware configuration and designed and optimized for gaming. By definition its an Embedded System not a Computer and primary function of this Embedded System being gaming I would say its more of a console than a PCÂ I'm pretty sure people bought this for gaming primary yet can still use it for office work and etc
Yes it can run Win 7 but that isn't its primary function. People aren't going to buy SteamBox to do office work, graphical designing, running clouds/servers, etc. but to play games. Latest smartphones and tablets have a lot of capabilities same as PC like browsers, media players, spreadsheets, documents, presentatios etc. but still they are known as smartphones and tablets and not PC In short, SteamBox is a black box with fixed hardware configuration and designed and optimized for gaming. By definition its an Embedded System not a Computer and primary function of this Embedded System being gaming I would say its more of a console than a PC[QUOTE="Sandulf29"][QUOTE="DarthRamms"]
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Steambox will be an open platform like the PC capable of running windows 7 meaning it can probably do more than just play games
DarthRamms
 I'm pretty sure people bought this for gaming primary yet can still use it for office work and etc
[QUOTE="DarthRamms"][QUOTE="Sandulf29"] Yes it can run Win 7 but that isn't its primary function. People aren't going to buy SteamBox to do office work, graphical designing, running clouds/servers, etc. but to play games. Latest smartphones and tablets have a lot of capabilities same as PC like browsers, media players, spreadsheets, documents, presentatios etc. but still they are known as smartphones and tablets and not PC In short, SteamBox is a black box with fixed hardware configuration and designed and optimized for gaming. By definition its an Embedded System not a Computer and primary function of this Embedded System being gaming I would say its more of a console than a PCSandulf29
 I'm pretty sure people bought this for gaming primary yet can still use it for office work and etc
What makes you think the steambox can't do office work
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not sure if you can customize this for data mining
That's the difference. People bought X51's for gaming. They do office work since they own it A PC can be customized to one's needs. One can build a $300 PC just for accounting/auditing, $1000 PC for graphical designing or $3000 PC for data mining. This cannot be customized. This is a computer but with a dedicated function and hence an Embedded System and not a general purpose computer[QUOTE="Sandulf29"][QUOTE="DarthRamms"]
 I'm pretty sure people bought this for gaming primary yet can still use it for office work and etc
TheFadeForever
What makes you think the steambox can't do office work
not sure if you can customize this for data mining
By god have you ever read a single word I wrote let alone comprehend? I never said it can't do office work I said people don't buy SteamBox to Office work, they buy office computers depending on their needsAsk any Computer Engineer worth his/her salt the definition of an Embedded System and General Purpose Computer. Ask them in what category SteamBox would fall. Its not about what SteamBox is capable of doing, its the technical definition. By definition its an Embedded System
That's the difference. People bought X51's for gaming. They do office work since they own it A PC can be customized to one's needs. One can build a $300 PC just for accounting/auditing, $1000 PC for graphical designing or $3000 PC for data mining. This cannot be customized. This is a computer but with a dedicated function and hence an Embedded System and not a general purpose computer[QUOTE="Sandulf29"][QUOTE="DarthRamms"]
 I'm pretty sure people bought this for gaming primary yet can still use it for office work and etc
TheFadeForever
What makes you think the steambox can't do office work
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not sure if you can customize this for data mining
[QUOTE="DarthRamms"][QUOTE="Sandulf29"] Yes it can run Win 7 but that isn't its primary function. People aren't going to buy SteamBox to do office work, graphical designing, running clouds/servers, etc. but to play games. Latest smartphones and tablets have a lot of capabilities same as PC like browsers, media players, spreadsheets, documents, presentatios etc. but still they are known as smartphones and tablets and not PC In short, SteamBox is a black box with fixed hardware configuration and designed and optimized for gaming. By definition its an Embedded System not a Computer and primary function of this Embedded System being gaming I would say its more of a console than a PCSandulf29
 I'm pretty sure people bought this for gaming primary yet can still use it for office work and etc
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Yea but you can't simply customize say a labtop into a pc that can do data mining
That's the difference. People bought X51's for gaming. They do office work since they own it A PC can be customized to one's needs. One can build a $300 PC just for accounting/auditing, $1000 PC for graphical designing or $3000 PC for data mining. This cannot be customized. This is a computer but with a dedicated function and hence an Embedded System and not a general purpose computer[QUOTE="Sandulf29"][QUOTE="DarthRamms"]
 I'm pretty sure people bought this for gaming primary yet can still use it for office work and etc
DarthRamms
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Yea but you can't simply customize say a labtop into a pc that can do data mining
Of course you can, with 2 catches: A) It will be software rather than hardware and B) Chances are it won't be that good depending on the laptop specs
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