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EmuDeck coder pivots to hardware with Linux-based “EmuDeck Machines” (arstechnica.com)
submitted 2 months ago by Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world
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While I think something like this makes sense, the pricing seems off. For $600 you can build a PC with a desktop GPU. If you want to make it easy to set up, you could just use an off the shelf mini-PC and preinstall everything so a non-technical user can get started without any hassle. I really hope we'll see more Steam machine like devices in the future.

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[–] Mesophar@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That kind of seems like that is exactly what these are. The specs are still sort of terrible, though, but pricing isn't too far off for what is advertised in them.

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

The more expensive one uses a mobile GPU. Using a desktop GPU would make for a much more powerful machine. And as far as the cheaper model is concerned, you could get a much more powerful off the shelf device for that money. So you're basically just paying for the snazzy case. Which is fine of course, but I think they could have done better.

[–] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

So you're basically just paying for the snazzy case. Which is fine of course, but I think they could have done better.

Yeah.

I want to buy this sort of thing to support the overall vibe and product line, but $600.00 goes a really long way on Etsy or EBay for custom cases.

Edit: I am in the market for a desktop running something as close as possible to SteamOS, so I do love where this is heading. I'll keep an eye on it!

[–] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Based on their web page, I think what you're paying for is not having to learn how to configure this stuff.