{"id":93803,"date":"2016-06-07T11:56:13","date_gmt":"2016-06-07T09:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=93803"},"modified":"2016-06-07T18:39:33","modified_gmt":"2016-06-07T16:39:33","slug":"the-incredible-overnight-industry-of-backpack-pcs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/93803-the-incredible-overnight-industry-of-backpack-pcs","title":{"rendered":"The incredible overnight industry of backpack PCs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Computex 2016 conference ran from <strong>31 May<\/strong> to <strong>4 June<\/strong>, bringing with it a whole host of new hardware announcements.<\/p>\n<p>With VR being the &#8220;it&#8221; thing this year, exhibitors had to solve the problem of demonstrating their new virtual reality peripherals without tethering users to a workstation.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, HP, MSI, Gigabyte and Zotac all debuted &#8220;backpack PCs&#8221;, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2016\/05\/msi-hp-zotac-backpack-vr-pc-details-specs-price-release-date\/\" target=\"_blank\">powerful <\/a><\/strong>mini-computers that can handle for VR gaming, but won&#8217;t result in gamers tripping over themselves or being rooted to the spot.<\/p>\n<p><strong>This is the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lowyat.net\/2016\/105407\/computex-2016-this-is-msis-vr-focused-backpack-pc\/\" target=\"_blank\">tech <\/a>behind MSI&#8217;s version:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mobile Intel Core i7 Extreme\u00a0series processor<\/li>\n<li>Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 GPU<\/li>\n<li>User-swappable battery that\u2019s rated for up to 90 minutes of VR gaming.<\/li>\n<li>External monitor, headphones, and of course keyboard and mouse ports located on the top of the case.<\/li>\n<li>Weighs apporximately 4.5kg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The backpack PC is also fully-upgradeable and can be used as a traditional desktop.<\/p>\n<p>It is not confirmed when any of these PCs will be 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