Yeah, I read that article (which was the "lead" article on the Slim in Google News under the Sci/tech section) and I was all "where's this coming from, and where's it trying to go?"
You walk into a shop and go up to the counter and say "I'm looking at buying an iPod" Instead fo saying, do you want an iPod touch, or nano the sales person says to you "how about this home theatre system instead?" You're gonna walk right back out of that shop.
That was my first ever experience of Cnet. I guess it'll be my last if that's the quality of their journalism.
The only true connection between a PS3 and a gaming rigged laptop is that the laptop can install linux and the PS3 used to be able to install Linux. But you're gonna pay an extra $700 to be able to install Linux?
I looked at the system spec requirements for Mass Effect (PC) the other day and it basically said: if you try to play this in a laptop then do so at your own risk (i.e. it'll probably work, but might not play all that well). So even with a reasonably high spec'd laptop you run the risk of having a relatively low quality gaming experience. I'm learning the limitations of my laptop for gaming with Neverwinter Nights 2, and my laptop specs are above the minimum system specs required for it, though it's far from being anything like a gaming rigged laptop; and with no BRD it was $600 more than what I paid for my PS3 (at the old price).
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