Cosine Thoughts

I'm impressed with Valve. I think they do a good job of not simply releasing a product to meet some arbitrary release cycle. And I think everything unveiled here is interesting, with one notable exception. And it may or may not be the item you're expecting. Though, I will dive into rationale as I go through this. I want to go from my least liked item to my most. So without further ado: #3 - Steam Machine This, for me, is the least exciting announcement. Yes. Valve did wait for more than an incremental improvement over the original Steam Machine and succeeded across numerous categories in this respect. And, I do believe that there is a market for this product. Frankly, this is what I was expected Microsoft to do with XBox; just converge Windows and XBox OS and deliver some standardized PC hardware. Valve's problem here is twofold: This is just a computer. Pricing it as a entry level gaming PC. Being a computer isn't a problem in the traditional sense, but it clashes with...