Sorry for the cryptic wording of this thread, but here's what I'm wondering about: It seems like nearly every game console is marketed at one point with some sort of promise of becoming far more than just a game machine. From the early days of the Atari 2600 "Video Computer System" to the recently released PS2 Linux bundle the promise is made that indeed, one day (so say the brochures) this thing will become an indispensable tool to your daily life...i.e. - a computer.
So what I'm wondering about it which consoles do you think most fully acheived their potential as a daily computing tool? Can't do this as a poll because there are too many choices. If you had a VCS, for example, and one of those "turn it into a real computer add-ons", did you really use it on a regular basis or was it just a novelty? Is anyone out there still using there Dreamcast to surf the web? Got a Zodiac yet? You get the idea.
A couple of stipulations, though: 1) Things like C64's and Atari 800's are much more obviously computers and don't count for these purposes as "game machines". 2) No hacks like X-Box Linux. I'm talking about official releases or approved third-party add-ons or software intended to take your console to the next level so to speak. Discuss?