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Anyone paying for Ai are also responsible for this. They are those who rent and create a profitable business. And I'm not just talking about users like Microsoft, but also people like you and me and smaller companies.
It's really unfortunate how much Anthony Bourdaine looks like Jeffery Epstein. Anthony doesn't deserve that
I literally thought it was Epstein on first look
Both died in suspicious hanging "suicides", as well.
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At 750, its perfection.
Yeah, I bought my current pc for that price in 2018. The steam machine is a step up in every department and comes preset to play games. At that price I'd get one for each member of my family so we could game together.
I'll turn to burgling data centers before I turn to steaming my pc.
before I turn to steaming my pc.
Typo?
There's good sport in burgling
You haven't lived if you haven't had a good burgle
That would have been awesome ):
That was the price I was kinda hoping for.
Well, maybe next time.
I'm calling $2500 by this time next year, for the base model.
You don't think AI is going to collapse like bitcoin?
Not a bit. The stock market will subsedize the poor populations of earth into perpetuating their own self-funded surveilance network.
If anything gets better in the next five years, it would be a first for me at age 38, so it might just be my pocket pessimism, take it with an entire spoon of salt.
Ai isn't a service, it's a form of societal control. They don't have to justify its price any more than they justify silver or gold's, which are bullshit too. The entire market is perpetuated on bullshit. Ai is just the excuse to push the boulder along for more profit, with the side perk that it knows when you fall asleep at your desk.
Help me out, is "it's small" the only reason to get this if you have a microcenter near you? Seems one could do much better with a mediumish SFF case
Genuienly, I'd love to see your build, your parts and prices.
I can't figure out how to do it, out of stuff you can actually buy retail.
If you can figure out an SFF build for under $1150, that can run RDR2 at 75 fps on high/ultra, at 1440p, without using any upscaling, let me know.
Gamers Nexus says it's about $70 more than self-built. (for the 512GB model)
So, you're paying $70 for a small form factor PC in a custom case, with SteamOS. Another thing is that you can choose to buy a Steam Controller for $20 less than buying the controller by itself and you also don't have to wait in the pre-order line for the standalone controller (which is currently extended into 2027).
The hardware shortage makes it not a great time to buy a gaming PC, but in the current market it's priced competitively and you get to jump the line buying a Steam Controller as well.
It has CEC too which you can't get from a standard PC build.
Yes. You can build a more powerful system for the same or even slightly less, but it will be larger.
It's a console-like form factor, and is pretty powerful. Most people I know, especially the ones interested in the steam machine, are intimidated by / don't feel they have the time and knowledge needed to build a PC yourself. I see this less as a device intended for PC users/power users, and more targeted towards people leaving console ecosystems. It seems like a really good device for that, too.
Less powerful than current gen consoles, though.
I'm not in the market for the Steam Machine, but if I was, $1100 Cdn might be reasonable for this offering, I'd consider it.
Still hoping we can do better on pricing for the frame, that's what I really want but I'll wait a year if the launch prices are over $1000 Cdn ($700US)
With the specs they're working with and compatibility, my son is going to build me one.
Gonna call it a Hot Steamer
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