You have my word that I'm not taking this as an attack, just a healthy debate =).
What?? Stop what? Did you actually fully and thoroughly read my initial post or are you selectively reading it? I'll go ahead and quote it below so you can look at it.
Because the first thing I said in it was that I've accepted this rumor. Meaning that I was fully looking at this console as the next handheld for Nintendo when I wrote my post, I even wrote a section about how Nintendo would be gimping itself by doing this (unless they expect consumers to buy 2 handhelds). But how can you state that it blows every handheld gaming device out of the water, when you don't even know its specifications now or what is going to be released in the future that could compete with the NX? There is also something you're not taking into account, and that's the fact that there were phones/tablets that were stronger/better graphics than the 3DS at release, but regardless, we all went and bought one anyways just to play some of Nintendo games like Mario Kart7 or Pokemon X/Y. It's like me walking into an electronics store and asking to buy a phone that's 2 years old just so I could play a couple of games that carry a certain logo on it, so essentially, I'd be paying full price for 2 year old hardware with the ability to be able to play games with that have the same trademark. Honestly, if we combined all the money that we're causally throwing at Nintendo and gave it to game devs to port games or create emulators for phones/tablets, I promise you that Nintendo would go full software in a heartbeat (if there was no law that Nintendo could sue).
Going back to the NX, as we all know Nintendo is famous for their gimmicks right? I just don't see how this gimmick is going to be "amazing". Let's say I buy this system, there's absolutely no time for me to play more than 30 minutes throughout my day with all the gaps/breaks between my classes. Let's say I'm riding the school/public bus, i wouldn't take it out personally, but whatever there's another 30 minutes. Let's say I work as a surveillance security guard and i take this to work with me (super bad idea), i'd just be playing this instead of doing my job. The only positives it seems to have is when someone is going to an appointment of some sort, or going out to play with their friends (but wait...what was the internet for?). I'm honestly not trying to be negative about it, but realistically speaking this isn't that great of an idea considering how big the console is going to be verses the amount of time one will have to play this outside or throughout their day. Let's say I strictly use it in my house, I'd just go from the TV to the bed, but wait wouldn't that make the NX a WiiUpgrade?
As for your laptop, it actually does support 1080, the problem is that your screen does not. So if you were to hook up your laptop through a separate TV/monitor with the display set on 'Projection Only', it would output 1080p. Maybe
this article will help clear any misunderstandings, but the TLDR; is that if your laptop price was under $600ish, then the manufacturer most likely had to compromise with the screen. This is exactly what Nintendo seems like it's going to do, lol does everyone remember that one quote
"Nintendo NX won’t sell at a loss."
As for your Xenoblade and your 'considerable downgrades' comment, at what point is it even "considerable". To me a game developer is like and artist painting a picture, but you cannot sell me the same downscaled/downgraded picture for the same price, nevermind you that they pay game devs to downgrade original games just so old console/lower resolutions can display them.