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HP are interested in making a SteamOS handheld as the Windows experience sucks (www.gamingonlinux.com)
submitted 2 weeks ago by inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca
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[–] WhiteBurrito@lemmy.world 35 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Knowing then, they'd somehow force an ink subscription on the device.

[–] Agent_Karyo@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The handheld stops working if you don't have an active subscription for stupidly expensive HP brand screen wipes. This is marketed as being part of their eyesight protection feature.

[–] musubibreakfast@lemm.ee 3 points 2 weeks ago

The analog sticks have a set number of rotations after which they need to be replaced. Putting off brand analog sticks in the device will instantly brick it.

[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 29 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

But the HP experience sucks even more.

[–] villainy@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

They don't always suck, just usually. The HP Reverb 2 was a pretty good VR headset for the price. I felt like I got my money's worth out of it without any significant issues.

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

I have an HP monitor that is good quality, prefer it over the Samsung one I have

[–] MouldyCat@feddit.uk 2 points 2 weeks ago

Samsung is also a pretty shit company to be fair - look at the shenanigans they pull with adverts in their smart TVs for one. Sad fact is that most companies are at least 80% shit! Even the ones that are alright are prone to quickly enshitify overnight.

[–] SaltySalamander@fedia.io 2 points 2 weeks ago

I have two Samsung monitors. Both purchased about 10 years apart. The only Samsung displays I've ever purchased. Both have dead fucking pixels. I'll never willingly purchase a Samsung display, monitor or TV, again.

[–] FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.org 21 points 2 weeks ago

You couldn't pay me to buy a HP device.

[–] Bronzebeard@lemm.ee 7 points 2 weeks ago

Funny coming from HP, who has poured billions into making their printing experience suck. Deliberately

[–] Lawnman23@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

Anyone remember the HP TouchPad with WebOS that they had to fire sale?

I remember.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 5 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Haven't bought an HP device since I tried to upgrade the Wi-Fi on my laptop but there was a whitelist in the BIOS and that MF wouldn't even boot.

[–] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago

Lenovo does that too (or did 10 years ago, I haven't touched Lenovo since). There's actually forums full of hackers that will add your MAC address prefix to a bios dump for you for a price

[–] notthebees@reddthat.com 1 points 2 weeks ago

They no longer have a bios whitelist. But you can't seem to install intel wifi cards on some of their amd laptops. They just straight up don't show up in any os.

(Ac 7265 rev d and ax210)

[–] mintiefresh@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It is pretty cool to see SteamOS appear on 3rd party devices, regardless how we feel about HP.

[–] Belgdore@lemm.ee 1 points 2 weeks ago

It reminds me of the steam machines from over a decade ago

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago

lol ok, but HP is still a bag of dicks

[–] crpknkr@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

After switching from win10 to Bazzite, honestly the Linux experience is better for gaming. Incredibly smooth.