Life shows us again and again that we must not surrender. And this know much Smach Team. I do not know if you remember, but had to cancel his laptop Steam Machine, called Smach Z at the end of 2015, until the resubmitted, with renewed features, last August.
Today, fortunately, has started its new campaign on Kickstarter, and it is petando. It takes few active hours and has amassed more than 190,000 dollars, 250,000 asking those responsible. And to be marketed in April 2017.
Technical characteristics of the new Smach Z
On the occasion of its revival, Smach Team was wet with features:
- 6-inch touch screen 1080p
- CPU: AMD Merlin Falcon RX-421BD (12-15w) 2.1GHz SoC
- GPU: Radeon R7 800 MHz
- RAM: 4 GB or 8 GB (Pro version)
- Internal storage memory: 64 GB or 128 GB (Pro version)
- Support for Windows 10 and / or Linux
- More than 5 hours of battery life for battery
- Support for WiFi and Bluetooth
- 4G LTE connectivity (Pro version)
- HDMI and USB 3.0 type C output
- MicroSD card slot
- 1.3 megapixel front camera (Pro version)
As already announced Smach Team a few months ago, and as we saw again to meet their (not definitive) current specifications, will have two models Smach Z: the standard version, with the basics, and Smach Z Pro, for they are a tad more demanding. And this will also be reflected in the price.
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What about the performance? Smach Team gets wet
Assuming that this will not be like having a PC portable high range, but rather one that would hold the tug few years ago, Smach Team has cleared some doubts on Kickstarter doing the test with some recent games, like ‘Overwatch’ (which runs at 30 fps at 720p and Media quality), and others with a few years behind. Attentive to the list in full:
- Alien: Isolation (35 fps at 720p as Ultra)
- Civilization 5 (28 fps at 1080p quality High)
- Company of Heroes 2 (25 fps in 720p quality Media)
- Just Cause 2 (35 fps at 720p in Media Quality)
- Jotun (45 fps at 1080p)
- Metro: Last Light Redux (35 fps in 720p quality High)
- Overwatch (30 fps at 720p in Media Quality)
- Skyrim (25 fps in 720p quality High)
- Spiral Knights (50 fps at 1080p)
- Tomb Raider: Survivor (40 fps at 720p in Media Quality)
- Torchlight II (35 fps at 1080p as Very High)
- XCOM: Enemy Unknown (30 fps in 720p quality High)
Half Steam Controller, Xbox One half Elite
Z Smach also surprised by its control, following the approach of pads hap tics of the Steam Controller, and with interchangeable templates, like an Elite One Xbox controller concerned. And as you see, appealing to the nostalgic consolable: Nintendo 64, Game Cube, Super Nintendo, Mega Drive …
Of course, these Z-Pads are sold separately. By default, this notebook comes with two pads hap tic a joystick (which you can press and acts, therefore, as another button), four face buttons, four triggers and two rear buttons.
Smach Z, a portable that will serve to more things
Naturally, Smach Z not girds itself exclusively to the mere fact of playing PC games, whether GOG or Steam through Big Picture, or mismanagement mode emulators of old consoles. It will serve for more.
Smach Team gives some examples:
- Media center for watching movies or listening to music
- To browse the Internet
- See (or do) streamings Twitch
- Skype video calls
But most importantly, it is a portable open source. If we install another OS, Smach Team we will facilitate this task smoothly.
Tags: Pocket PC, Smach Z
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