Topic: Portable Gamecube possibility? (no news, 100% conjecture)

[Muki]

Okay, I couldn't find any precised dimensions on the Revolution, so I'll use Nintendo's estimate of 3 stacked DVD cases.
This gives us 13.5 cm x 19.2 cm x 4.5 cm or a total of 1,164 cm cubed.

I got Gamecube measurements from Wikipedia.
That gives us 11cm x 15 cm x 16.1 cm or a total of 2,656.5 cm cubed.

That's 2.28 Revolutions' worth of stuff you could fit into a Gamecube case.
OR it means the Revolution has only 43% of the volume of the Gamecube.

Less than half the size, but with a full size DVD drive, wireless internet, wireless controller transmitters, 5 times as much RAM, and with a CPU and GPU clocked twice as fast (at least that's my conjecture given IGN developer info on the system) as they are on the GC.

SOOO...

Given what little I know about under-clocking, just how likely is it to make a gamecube-spec portable system? Note not the CPU heat watts, or the AC power watts, but the difference in AC between full and idle loads. 15 watts at 1Ghz, 4 watts at 0.6Ghz.

Cut the speeds down to half, put a mini disc drive in instead of a full DVD drive (AND cover-loading as opposed to slot-loading, less moving parts), 1/5th the RAM, a small 3" screen, and we may just have the GBA's successor inside of a year or two.

Yes, it's entirely conjecture, but who knows?
(and poo, this's been covered, with what looks like more knowledge, before.)

edit note : why don't I spellcheck?

[TheYoungerPlumber]

disk drive speed (which affects load times) and battery life are inversely proportional.  Considering Nintendo likes fast load times and long battery life, this will not happen anytime soon.  Flash memory is getting cheaper and more compact every year, anyway.

[Mario323]

I think/hope the next Game Boy or DS will be able to play Gamecube games and have the power of a Gamecube, if it better.  That would be good for Nintendo's image, for all those people think console power is all that matters.  The PSP is a perfect example of how this isn't true.  If it was the DS, it would probably integrate a touch screen, if not something more revolutionary.  Game Boy would probably be only buttons and triggers, but maybe analog sticks?  Seems kinda required if you are gonna play Gamecube games on it.  I can't imagine controls being functional with a D-pad.