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BEEP, THIS.
perform better for what?
November 13, 2025 at 3:07 AM
waow
November 13, 2025 at 2:36 AM
I thought I remembered there being a couple PC offerings but I don't have receipts
November 13, 2025 at 1:54 AM
actually it's too early for that it's not out till next year
November 13, 2025 at 1:39 AM
idk but it's not too late to buy a steam machine and put alchemy stickers on it
November 13, 2025 at 1:39 AM
personally I do think it's a distinction worth making, but obviously this isn't the time for it and obviously the real question is "did he do evil crime things" not "which word describes the motivation behind the evil crimes in question"
November 13, 2025 at 1:18 AM
hmmm guess it depends on the audience, yeah
November 13, 2025 at 1:12 AM
they marketed it as like, for low light performance? but I agree it's weird
November 13, 2025 at 12:43 AM
holy shit there's a video game for white men can't jump?!?!?! (I've never seen it, actually, it just has a very memorable title)
November 13, 2025 at 12:36 AM
I guess I should say "I don't think exclusives will be a big selling point in favor of this over the consoles unless they release half-life 3"

I'm definitely in favor of valve making more games, though
November 13, 2025 at 12:33 AM
lmao sorry guess you picked a bad week to combat the valve glazing
November 13, 2025 at 12:30 AM
omg it's me
November 13, 2025 at 12:28 AM
plus like, every PC game that isn't a console game is a steam exclusive by default
November 13, 2025 at 12:23 AM
I don't think exclusives make sense

modern consoles have always been sold at a loss that they make back through game sales, so exclusives aren't buying you into it hardware platform as much as they're buying into a storefront

valve more than anyone doesn't need to work to buy you into their store
November 13, 2025 at 12:20 AM
I'd be astonished if not, but I'll probably also get the new one anyway
November 13, 2025 at 12:16 AM
more power obviously means more cooling/battery, too, which means more weight, and it seems like minimizing weight was one of their focuses
November 13, 2025 at 12:04 AM
gotcha

I assume those are more expensive? it seems like they're hoping people who want more performance will use streaming

one video I saw one of the engineers say they're targeting a 7 W TDP for the SOC, too, so that seems very low for a laptop or desktop chip
November 13, 2025 at 12:04 AM
tbh I switched to single booting Linux a couple weeks ago and barely noticed

it mostly just works, now (obviously check compatibility for the specific games and softwares you want, especially multiplayer)
November 12, 2025 at 11:58 PM
in the steam machine, you mean? I think people just don't care thaaat much about power draw for something plugged in and I wouldn't be surprised if they're hedging their bets with regard to ARM

if you mean the frame idk anything about available ARM chips and dunno how that relates to what it has
November 12, 2025 at 11:56 PM
no 😔

it's just something they used as an example of what could be done
November 12, 2025 at 11:50 PM
personally I hope they don't explode
November 12, 2025 at 11:48 PM