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[–] Hideakikarate@sh.itjust.works 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I figured the SSD was easily accessible but being able to upgrade the RAM was a welcome surprise.

[–] Geologist@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 months ago

Yeah me too. Was worried it would be like those ryzen ai max or whatever with soldered on stuff.

[–] lumpyluggage@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago

This is so sad. I can't put into words bis much I hate ai. It's making everything worse in my life. Art, politics, news, talking to friends about their chatgpt enlightenments and now gaming too. I was so looking forward to the frame. :(

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I really want a Frame but I want it more for the software. If I could flash the garbage off my Quest 3 and use whatever Valve cooked up I am confident it would be vastly better. The hardware is decent. The operating system is garbage and they keep reducing its functionality every update. A good 70% of what I do with it runs FOSS shit I found on github and dev blogs because something as simple as putting an overlay on top of a fully 3D game is something the geniuses at Meta can't figure out how to do.

[–] Matty_r@programming.dev 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I wonder how far they're willing to push the "its just a PC" rhetoric - they might consider releasing a chassis only enthusiast version without RAM and SSD etc. Similar to how Framework has their DIY edition and configurator.

[–] BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm wondering if Gaben could buy a semiconductor foundry and start producing RAM.

[–] Matty_r@programming.dev 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Thats a software vendors wet dream - owning the store where people buy your software all the way down to owning the fabs that produce hardware required to play those games.

[–] harmbugler@piefed.social 3 points 2 months ago

And we think you’re going to love it.