So I used to love the idea of building a compact gaming PC for other rooms in the house, to bring to a friends for LAN shenanigans, or on a trip somewhere. I finally built a cheap one with a crappy little case and used components 5 or so years ago, and it was great.
But now with in home streaming getting quality and ease of use that it has, there's really no reason for me to have a second full fledged PC at my house. And with Razer's announcement of the Ultrabook / GPU Housing unit at CES I can't imagine why I'd want to go with a desktop PC, no matter how small, as a travelling option now. This tech isn't brand new, but previous iterations have been bulky and annoying. Razer's option looks sleek and easy with a single usb connection and no need for additional docking of the laptop.
Obviously we'll have to wait and see if it performs on level with a standard desktop, and obviously pricing will be a factor. But I feel like in most cases I'd lean towards that hardware style over a compact gaming desktop because of its flexibility, which is a little sad haha.
TLDR: Are options like in home game streaming, or laptop and external gpu combos like the new Razer Ultrabook, making LAN PCs obsolete?
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