[member=6733]TheDead[/member], if I wanted a "SPORK", I would buy a decent tablet. It is the most compact choice. Unnecessarily the most efficient. The cost of a decent tablet may match the combined costs of the following: a gaming console for dedicated gaming, a GPS for dedicated navigation, a Chromebook sort of a laptop for web browsing and office jobs. Separate devices are also perhaps more intuitive to use, despite how friendly a "compact" device could be. The more the functions, the more the convolution. In the end, it would consume a lot of your time seeking out the best software for given task, perhaps ending up in a situation where nevertheless you would be required to pay extra. For dedicated devices, this is choosing a targeted infrastructure, which means, there is an entire network of institutions making sure what you get is as good as it gets. Particularly without compatibility issues.
For the "exclusivity" of one device per one major purpose, I rather talk about alternatives. You make a choice. It is a waste of money to have multiple devices doing the same thing. Like, having a solid standard purpose refrigerator and then having a refrigerator that works also as a toaster. There must be a tradeoff to lack of focus. On the other hand, I am not much a gadgeteer. This is where minimalism should do the work.
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For the global ecological thinking, it is most praiseworthy, but come on, should a home PC user worry about that, unless taking care of own health, to avoid dwelling in too much of an electro-smog, narrowed down to the closest space of living? I mean, together we could make a difference, but ultimately, I think there are bigger concerns than one PC eating up this extra bit of power. Unless the bills, because, that is an argument.
PS.
I have not been a gaming console user, at least thusfar, but I do think the PC is a flawed way for gaming.
For the "exclusivity" of one device per one major purpose, I rather talk about alternatives. You make a choice. It is a waste of money to have multiple devices doing the same thing. Like, having a solid standard purpose refrigerator and then having a refrigerator that works also as a toaster. There must be a tradeoff to lack of focus. On the other hand, I am not much a gadgeteer. This is where minimalism should do the work.
EDIT:
For the global ecological thinking, it is most praiseworthy, but come on, should a home PC user worry about that, unless taking care of own health, to avoid dwelling in too much of an electro-smog, narrowed down to the closest space of living? I mean, together we could make a difference, but ultimately, I think there are bigger concerns than one PC eating up this extra bit of power. Unless the bills, because, that is an argument.
PS.
I have not been a gaming console user, at least thusfar, but I do think the PC is a flawed way for gaming.