CES is generally for one of two things : companies showing off consumer gadgets that will go on sale later in the year , or far out machine that will attempt to shape how thing gets made in the future . And with its Concept UFO , Concept Ori , and Concept Duet , it looks like Dell has some big ideas for the latter .
At first glance , Project UFO await like a bad white Nintendo Switch , complete with two obliterable controllers , a folding kickstand , and a porthole for display out . But inside , it ’s a PC through and through include support for a still undecided x86 CPU , a traditional desktop UI , and potentially path good performance — not to note a way boastful CRT screen and nifty RGB lighting .
But UFO ’s real killer characteristic is that behind Alienware ’s custom game launcher , it runs a full - blown version of Windows 10 , so you ’ll have admittance to practically any forward-looking PC game store like Steam or GOG , all the streaming table service like Project xCloud , and decades worth of older microcomputer games or even aper and consoles ROMs .
And while the Concept UFO is far from finished — it does n’t have an expected cost or release date — Alienware ’s portable PC - based game cabinet had no trouble bring modern AAA deed of conveyance like Mortal Kombat 11 . to boot , alongside its detachable controllers and companion dockage Alienware made for CES , Alienware said it ’s also toying around with make some kind of keyboard dock that would allow the UFO to transform into a traditional laptop computer too . That would mean regardless of whether you favour a gamepad or a mouse and keyboard for certain game , the UFO would have you covered .
For me , the musical theme behind the Concept UFO is tantalizing , because if Alienware pulls it off right on , this affair could be the perfect all - in - one plot playing machine — peculiarly now that Microsoft , Sony , and even Google are getting into plot streaming . There ’s a good hazard the UFO will get access to modern console exclusives too .
On the flipside , when it comes to getting oeuvre done , Dell ’s Project Duet and Project Ori are like two recipe for create the same meal : one big and stalwart , and the other a bit more bite - sized . The Duet is the more straightforward of the duet , offer identical 15 - inch or so display on top and bottom , with the miserable screen situation being where a traditional laptop ’s keyboard and touchpad would be .
For video editors , having two displays while on the would be a dreaming , allowing you to keep your timeline and various assets on the bottom , while still getting a full view of your footage on top . And thanks to a magnetized detachable Bluetooth keyboard , you ’ll still have access to all your standard shortcut , or just some nice physical cay when you postulate to bang out an e-mail .
But what excites me the most about the Project Duet are all the berth we have n’t thought of yet , simply because we are so entrenched the typical one sieve plus keyboard paradigm . By turn the Duet sideways , suddenly you get a elephantine book with pageboy room more expressive than report can ever be . Or you could close down the affair into tent modality for some dual - screen local multiplayer gaming . The theory are dateless ( or at least double that of a normal laptop ) .
Meanwhile , Concept Ori — which is little for origami — takes what ’s so great about theGalaxy Fold ’s flexible organic light-emitting diode screenand supersizes it , pop the question a exhibit that can unfold in full when you need it , or bend in half for use like a regular notebook . Now I do admit that the Ori is a bit chummy and it feels way less static than the rigid , aluminum - bodied Project Duet . But again , these are concept , so it ’s not really worth getting worked up about a duad awkward angles . And with a few rough edge , all three are both operable and aspirational at the same time .
But for me , perhaps the swelled ribbing is that because Dell seldom shows off its concept devices — particularly not at CES — these machines are n’t simply some one - off mockups that will disappear in a week never to be seen again . So while Dell would n’t provide any concrete specification or even a possible timeline for their going , Dell has clearly put some serious intellection and effort into scram this far , and I ca n’t wait until they become something we might be able-bodied to take home .
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