Comment on Valve Announces New Steam Machine, Steam Controller & Steam Frame
brachiosaurus@mander.xyz 3 weeks ago
A computer you can’t swap the GPU?
It is very hard to make a device that is affordable, compact, efficiently cooled, and modular. Offering complete support is also infinitely more difficult when hardware is not controlled for. GPU and CPU are both customized AMD chips.
If you want to swap your GPU, build your own SFF. Hopefully they’ll have SteamOS available for general use soon.
It is also very hard for them to do marketing selling third parties modular parts, it’s much better for them to come up with a product.
If you want to swap your GPU, build your own SFF.
If you want to replace parts in your computer so that it doesn’t became useless in 5 years or end up in a landfill when a piece break, build your own SFF
TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 3 weeks ago
It’s built like an extra beefy gaming laptop. Many people have no interest in replacing PC parts, they just want something that works (like a console). If you want a tiny desktop with a graphics card you can build your own, and you probably already have one.
tal@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
Much better cooling, which is a limiting factor for the laptop form factor.
brachiosaurus@mander.xyz 3 weeks ago
Many people have no interest in replacing their car tires and they just want to drive but i’m sure they would be really pissed if once a tire bursts they would have to replace the car.