I’ve been looking for this for what feels like forever now…and now that I’ve found it, I’m ridiculously disappointed.
It’s basically a high end gaming pc with the monitor built into the side of the tower for increased portability.
Problem is, the only review I found for the thing online says the price STARTS at $6,000. Are you kidding me? 6 grand? I’d rather duct tape my monitor to the side of my tower and keep the difference thank you very much. Just who do they think they’re going to sell these to? Certainly not a market large enough to generate any kind of profit.
Has anyone here on the Dope seen anything similar but priced a bit more legitimately? I don’t care if this Radius XG actually costs that much to make and therefore is priced as low as it can be, it’s still too much. I really want a high end gaming rig with the upgradeability and performance of a desktop but with the portability of a laptop.
And no…high end laptops don’t cut the mustard, because they’re limited in performance and can’t be upgraded…and they get hot, and so on and so forth.
I don’t mind spending a bunch of loot on what I want, but I ain’t spending 3 vacations worth of it on my computer.
It’s like an old Kaypro computer on steroids.
Many innovative ideas are overpriced and under quality. The $6K looks better in my pocket.
For me, it’s the very high end digital cameras. I used to be able to buy Hasselblad (film) equipment for a price that, while high, was reachable. Now, I can purchase a home, a fairly large home, in many states for what a Hassy system would cost. Even full frame 35mm format digital is out of many people’s consideration. Cinematography is where it seems to have gotten super out of reach. In the 80s, 16, Super 16, and even some 35 was affordable to a careful budget. Current digital cine equipment is amazing. And the prices are truly astronomical. Even renting. ymmv, imho
So I take it nobody else has seen a similar product out there then?
I love the idea of the integrated monitor while retaining the upgradeability of a desktop.
How is this not popular among gamers? Especially those who go to LAN parties? I just don’t see how if given the option between a permanent hardware laptop or an upgradeable portable rig why anyone would choose the laptop…
Before I comment on it, could you tell us what you personally would say is a “legitimate” (or reasonable) price? Even a range would be fine.
Between $2,000 and maybe approaching $3,000 if it were of exemplary construction.
Also, I received an email response from the “Marketing Director” of the company following my request for pricing information. He said it comes in around $5,500.
I told him to inform me when the price gets to $2,500 so we could talk. I really don’t know what type of market this company thinks they’re going to be in at that price point, or what the size of that perceived market is.
I’m going to guess it’s a boutique product - their site indicates they deal in office servers, media production needs and other markets not meant for individuals.
I’m also going to guess most people game online instead of LAN, or figure saving thousands of dollars and lugging around a tower and a monitor is better for them. Think about how much R&D would go into building a tower with a monitor built in like that.
And if people have the money, they probably go for high end Alienware and similar laptops.
You could probably drill holes for a VESA mount straight though a steel case and bolt on a monitor that way. It won’t be exactly as flat as the luxury case, but some wall mounts only add about half an inch of depth and it’s a lot closer to your price range.
When I was making minimum wage, the price of a new Cessna 172 Skyhawk represented a bit over 10,000 hours. Today, the price of a new Cessna 172 Skyhawk represents nearly 40,000 hours of minimum-wage pay, and more than 15,000 hours for someone making $20/hour – half again the number of hours a minimum-wage earner would have to have worked in 1982. So a 172 was more affordable for a minimum-wage earner in 1982 than it is for a middle-class wage earner today.
The target market for the 172 is the middle-class pilot who will accept moderate performance until he can afford a more capable aircraft. Definitely priced out of its target market.