Think of the possiblitiies: you plug it into your TV, PC monitor, or whatever and you turn it into a PC without having a PC. Turn any monitor anywhere into a computing device. Why have consoles or gaming PCs?

• Have the best of both with a device the size of a thumb-drive.
• Need more processing? , pay an extra few bucks a month for more processing power.
• Need more cloud space? Rent some more.

An always-up-to-date, ever expandable, 100% portable, fully functioning "computer" for $100.

If this thing works as advertised, it could be the biggest leap in home tech (especially gaming tech) in a long time.

Here's the link: http://www.zdnet.com/dells-project-ophelia-might-be-my-favorite-gadget-at-ces-7000009542/#prclt-i2iEimSr

[QUOTE="osirisx3"]

old you can already do this with a android pc from china for like 60$ comes with 8gbs memory two cores 1.6ghz and 1gb ram and is the size of a big usb stick.

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But it's not. The processing comes from the cloud. Ophelia is just the gateway.

[QUOTE="LegatoSkyheart"]

can't you just launch an OS from a USB drive now?

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It's not at all the same thing. Ophelia is a gateway device. All the processing and data storage is done in the cloud. It has no HDD, CPU, GPU, RAM, etc.

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[QUOTE="StormyJoe"]

[QUOTE="LegatoSkyheart"]

can't you just launch an OS from a USB drive now?

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It's not at all the same thing. Ophelia is a gateway device. All the processing and data storage is done in the cloud. It has no HDD, CPU, GPU, RAM, etc.

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oh in otherwords useless without the internet. K.

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Next gen consoles will mostlikely require an internet connection.

[QUOTE="blue_hazy_basic"]So another streaming gaming service? I'll get excited when I see one that actually delivers on its promises.[/QUOTE]

It's not just a streaming gaming service. There is no physical hardware - all processing and data is from the cloud. They are testing it with run-of-the-mill pc apps (like Office).

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[QUOTE="LegatoSkyheart"]

oh in otherwords useless without the internet. K.

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Next gen consoles will mostlikely require an internet connection.

[/QUOTE] I don't believe that for one second. Its possible some games might, but not the machines themselves. Now the gen after ... thats a different story.[/QUOTE]

How, then, would they ensure that you are not using a used game? It's not like the optical drives in them will write that information to the disc.

[QUOTE="bezza2011"]

Don't know why people are mocking it, this is the future a system what's going to have house massive gaming rigs and you stream the games this means will have the top end graphics on nothing more than a small box, all the hardwork is going to happen in servers across the world this is a reality. Cloud gaming is the next big thing, most of us now have good internet connections as standard. Its in its early stages but seriously why mock something what is the future, already rumours flying about the next gen going digital downloads only, this is pretty much the same thing but on a grander scale

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I don't know either. People are afraid of change?

If this works, it will be the greatest leap in consumer tech in a long time. Turn any monitor, TV, Tablet, or smartphone with a USB port into a fully functioning computer? Never need to upgrade your hardware? That is simply awesome.