It's obviously fine if you're not interested, but it seems unnecessarily aggressive to say "a 110min game where nothing happens". It also shows how little you know about the sport. Even if they go to overtime (which can only happen in direct elimination matches), that would be 90+30 = 120.
potustheplant
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It doesn't matter if you build it yourself or not, it matters that whoever repairs it can swap only the part that failed. The steam machine has a lot of stuff on a single board (kinda like a laptop) and that sucks, from a repairability standpoint.
I say "upgrade" but it's actually a repairability issue as well. If something breaks, getting a replacement part is not as easy as going to any pc store/amazon/newegg and getting what you need. You'll have to go through steam/ifixit and it will most likely be more expensive than the equivalent pc part. You also can't replace just the cpu, gpu or motherboard. If any of those breaks, you have to replace the whole thing.
That's honestly very odd. It's windows though, so I'm not exactly surprised. Can you share the brand and model of that docking station?
Beg to disagree. I'd never pay 750 for a "pc" that performs like ryzen 3600 with an rx 6600 and has no way of being upgraded (besides replacing ram and ssd). The hardware is outdated from day 1.
You can update drivers manually through device manager, don't know if you've tried that. I'm assuming you've tested this usb-c hub with another device already to confirm that it isn't dead, right?
W10 drivers can be used in W11...
Except that the steam machine is not a console? It's just a linux pc with a UI that can be navigated with a controller. You can just install bazzite and achieve the same result. Software support could actually be worse for the steam deck, considering that it has a semi-custom apu.
Be honest, when was the last time you wanted to use a pc and couldn't because it didn't have drivers? Heck, my first server a little over a year ago was using a 15 year-old i5 2400, and it worked just fine for a simple file server + jellyfin with the arr stack and direct playback.
The form factor is slightly smaller than itx and you can buy a pre-built itx pc. Software support is ridiculous, that's already a feature in every pc and OS.
Also, I don't think the price is ok at all. If you're going to take away upgradeability, it needs to be a lot cheaper than diy.
I worry that this is going to be so niche that it'll die a very quick death.
This is such a braindead take that I really don't even know where to start.
Hardware console limitations. Everything but the SSD and RAM is proprietary and you can't upgrade it. Heck, it doesn't even have an audio output. The I/O sucks hard.
It's obviously fine if you're not interested, but it seems unnecessarily aggressive to say "a 110min game where nothing happens". It also shows how little you know about the sport. Even if they go to overtime (which can only happen in direct elimination matches), that would be 90+30 = 120.