My gaming machines - Then and Now

Nintendo DS Lite vs. IMac

IMac 21.5" (late 2013)

DS Lite (2006)

           Vs 

Specifications:

• Display: 
• DS - A backlit, 3.12-inch, colour LCD with 256x192-pixel resolution (top). Same but with analog touch screen (bottom).
• IMac - LED backlit, 21.5-inch, 16:9 widescreen, 1920x1080 resolution.
• Storage: 
• DS - Internal flash memory of 256MB flash memory
• IMac - 1TB hard drive (added from 500GB)
• Battery:
• DS - 15–19 hours on the lowest brightness setting 5–8 hours on the brightest
• IMac - Power Adapter
• Memory:
• DS - 4MB SRAM
• IMac - 8GB RAM
• Processor:
• DS - 67 MHz ARM9 and 33 MHz ARM7
• IMac - 1.4 GHz Core i5
• Dimensions:
• DS - 2.9 x 5.2 x 0.85
• IMac- 17.7 x 20.8 x 6.9
• Sound:
• DS - Stereo speakers 
• IMac - Stereo speakers
• Accessories:
• DS -  Headset, Skins, Stylus, Earphones
• IMac - Magic Mouse/Trackpad, Keyboard, USB Superdrive (CD and DVD), Earphones, Headset, Speakers,Mounts, Keyboard Covers, Graphics Tablet, Music Accessories (Microphone, Smart Guitar, IRig KEYS PRO, etc.), Printers and Scanners, 3D Printer,  Software, External Storage (USB and Hard Drives).
• Top Selling Game:
• DS - New Super Mario
• IMac - Steam = Rocket League, Origin = Sims 3, App Store = Sims 2 Super Collection

IMac - Life Is Strange

DS lite - Animal Crossing

What I was or am missing                 out on?

• Portability: You could actually take the DS around with you as A, it had an internal battery that could be plugged in and charged, unlike the IMac which must be plugged in at all times. B, it was more than ten times smaller and lighter.
• Better controls: I did love the controls of the DS lite of course but they weren't practical. Having to have one hand on the arrows, one hand on the A,B, X, Y buttons and one hand using a stylus at times was just not possible. Then there was the power button on the side which could be very easily knocked off and get rid of all your progress. All of this compared to a keyboard and mouse is pretty inferior don't you think?
• Dual Screening: The DS had many ups, along with portability was the dual screening. This allowed you to actually touch and feel like you were interacting more with the game than if you were just pressing buttons. Of course with the IMac there is no touch screen but I don't feel like it takes away any of the immersion.
• Updates and Upgrading: IMac's like most Apple products may be upgraded, however unlike most PC's you cannot upgrade many things after you have bought the product, other than SSD and RAM. IMac and DS both do/did software updates but can run out of fashion quite quickly making them insignificant and not worth the companies spending money to create updates. The IMac is currently still getting updated whereas the DS is not.