Comment on Are you ready for a $1,000 Steam Machine? Some analysts think you should be.

_haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Could you really build something better for less? Not to mention all that plus OS install and stuff is already done so most people will prefer that I think.

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  • Carrot@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’ve priced it out for myself, and I couldn’t get a build that’s as good at that price, not on new hardware at least. Not sure how they worked out their numbers

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  • aesthelete@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    No

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    • cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      How constructive

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  • _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Less than $1,000? Yes, definitely. We’ll see what the price actually is, but I doubt it’ll be anywhere near that high. Valve was pretty smart about sourcing their parts for low cost and decent performance. I wouldn’t be surprised if it were closer to $500 even.

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    • cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Why not? That answer is easy. Because maybe you can’t. That’s why I asked 😂

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      • _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Yeah, but you can though. Go spec your own gaming rig if you don’t believe me.

        Also, again, there’s pretty much no way it’ll be $1,000.

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• lepinkainen@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  For me it’s either this or Framework Desktop, I’ve got the money, just waiting for the email from Valve telling the final price.

  Steam Machine is better for gaming, which is nice

  But Framework can do Mac levels of AI work, which is also nice, it’s also not completely useless for games.

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