What the earth is project Fiona you may be asking? Well it is about to rock your world and change the market again in terms of what we think of as a PC and what we think of as a tablet etc. As far as i understand it, it is tablet-esque in design but aimed at Gamers. Now i can imagine you saying weve heard this all before and all we can play on them is app based games, now whilst they may be great for 5 minutes when your on the loo or stuck on a long train journey. However they do'nt really resemble anyone who plays decent PC games would consider a game and therefore don't have any real interest in them for "real" gaming. However this is set to change with Project Fiona, a 10.1" Windows 8 tablet PC designed by gamers for gamers from Razer, with the specs crowd sourced from 1000's of gamers. What have they produced and have they succeeded you may ask. Well i am glad to say from what i have seen so far it will pretty beastly in terms of specs with:
a) CPU: Intel Core i5 or i7
b) GPU: Mid Tier Discrete GPU (Hardcore PC gaming on the go at Medium Settings)
c) Thickness/Weight: Up to double the thickness/weight of an iPad
d) Other features: Detachable/Removable Controllers
e) Price: US$1299-US$1499.
d) Other features: Detachable/Removable Controllers
e) Price: US$1299-US$1499.
With specs like those it gives credence to the project that you can actually play proper fully fledged games on it! I also like the idea of the Detachable/ Removable Controllers (Like many of the gamers they consulted) as they will make the games much more playable and especially will appeal to console gamers.However I'm not a 100% sure what the PC gamers will feel about them, but they are probably the best solution when making a portable item like this otherwise if you have to put a keyboard and mouse with it it doesn't really become any different to a laptop. My only concern over the Detachable Controllers is the weight of the tablet (Anywhere up to double that of the iPad) causing stress on the joins for the controllers, i would be proper angry if I'm holding the controllers playing a game when the tablet suddenly detaches and smashes especially at $1299-$1499!
I look forward to seeing this develop and come to the market.
Nosh, Signing Out.
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