On Tue, 11 Mar 2025 12:38:46 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

it's likely to be running Windows

Actually, according to what I read, it *will* be running 11. God help
them.

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On Thu, 13 Mar 2025 10:50:24 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

On Wed, 12 Mar 2025 10:47:25 -0700, Justisaur <justisaur@gmail.com>
wrote:

On 3/12/2025 10:30 AM, Zaghadka wrote:

On Tue, 11 Mar 2025 12:38:46 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

it's likely to be running Windows

Actually, according to what I read, it *will* be running 11. God help
them.

Probably some stripped down ultra crap 'home' version like are on the MS >>Surface tablets.

I mean, to be fair, even the XBox consoles can be said to be running
Windows. Stripped down for performance and modded to make it harder to
pirate games, but ultimately still Windows in the back-end.

But I suspect that Microsoft won't do anything quite so drastic with
its handheld... especially since it seems that they'll be having OEMs
build the thing rather than make it themselves. Especially if
streaming/cloud gaming is the primary intended use, which may be the
case since Microsoft has been making a lot of fuss about unifying
their various platforms.

Oh god. You think it might be a "thin client" handheld? Hmm. I bet that
will go over well!

But none of the competition is doing it, so it is "innovative," if you
forgot the 1990s.

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Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com> wrote at 18:01 this Thursday (GMT):

On Thu, 13 Mar 2025 10:50:24 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

On Wed, 12 Mar 2025 10:47:25 -0700, Justisaur <justisaur@gmail.com>
wrote:

On 3/12/2025 10:30 AM, Zaghadka wrote:

On Tue, 11 Mar 2025 12:38:46 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

it's likely to be running Windows

Actually, according to what I read, it *will* be running 11. God help
them.

Probably some stripped down ultra crap 'home' version like are on the MS >>>Surface tablets.

I mean, to be fair, even the XBox consoles can be said to be running >>Windows. Stripped down for performance and modded to make it harder to >>pirate games, but ultimately still Windows in the back-end.

But I suspect that Microsoft won't do anything quite so drastic with
its handheld... especially since it seems that they'll be having OEMs
build the thing rather than make it themselves. Especially if >>streaming/cloud gaming is the primary intended use, which may be the
case since Microsoft has been making a lot of fuss about unifying
their various platforms.

Oh god. You think it might be a "thin client" handheld? Hmm. I bet that
will go over well!

But none of the competition is doing it, so it is "innovative," if you
forgot the 1990s.

That sounds miserable, reminds me of the RT laptop disaster..
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On Mon, 17 Mar 2025 14:36:42 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

I myself would be infuriated by this restriction; I put
more emphasis on eye-candy than framerate and not being able to up the
visual fidelity at the cost of a few (dozen) FPS probably would make
me avoid the game entirely.

I have a Switch. You won't even notice on a portable. 2010 graphics will
blow your mind.

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This is csipg.rpg - reality is off topic. ...G. Quinn ('08)

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