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Re: Steam Brick: No screen, no controller, just a power button and a USB port

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Post by freetanga »

calderwoodra wrote: post #58

These glasses are super interesting - if laptops didn't have displays, their form factors could change considerably. I'm imagining a rectangular shape with the track pad right aligned to the keyboard, rather than underneath.

There a a number of people removing their screens from Mac Airs and others, some of them using these glasses too.

I think I saw in here. In the meantime

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Screenless-MacBooks-masqueradi...

Actually tempted to buy one with a broken screen and ply around.

Re: Steam Brick: No screen, no controller, just a power button and a USB port

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Post by S--M »

ekimekim wrote: post #15

This isn't all that different to how I use my gaming PC - it's off in another room, with a monitor that is plugged in but almost always off (I don't think Windows will boot without at least something plugged in?), Steam set to start on boot, and then I entirely use it via Steam Remote Play from my main PC.

Have you tried sunshine + moonlight? I've heard it has lower latency and better streaming quality.

Re: Steam Brick: No screen, no controller, just a power button and a USB port

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Post by swores »

ok_dad wrote: post #108
swores wrote: post #85

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> " which were just those companies’s normal hardware design " For Alienware (not sure about the others, but AW was Valve's lead partner on it anyway) you're right in that it was a computer designed by Alienware not Valve, however it was a) very different to other Alienware PCs, and b) Valve were genuinely part of the development process, they didn't just say "hey make a small computer". They also shipped with the fi…

> first gen of Steam controllers, which were created by Valve themselves The best goddamn controllers ever made, too, I still have one in a box somewhere around here and I won't use it because it's so awesome I don't want it to break. Pretty dumb eh? The two touchpads were the absolute best, I've never had control like that in an FPS and to this day I can't play any FPS with a stick because I was ruined on the Steam…

100% agree. I still can't believe it didn't become a long running product that everyone uses.

I've never been a console/controller gamer, but I remember the first time I saw it - it was an early fake, that looked and felt very similar to the end product but inside it just had a metal weight and no actual electronics, and it seemed like such an exciting product, it was genuinely hard to keep that secret...

(And come to think of it, I think I misremembered when writing my last comment - I might be wrong, but I think the Alienware Alpha that launched with Windows actually shipped with an Xbox controller, and the steam controller was only available once the proper Steam Machine version was out. Not 100% sure, maybe we just needed the Xbox controllers for the press sessions before launch...)

Re: Steam Brick: No screen, no controller, just a power button and a USB port

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Post by carb »

TylerE wrote: post #101
kaladin-jasnah wrote: post #91

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I guess some people in the US call someone beyond their 12th grade in high school, or fourth year in an undergraduate program a "super senior."

I've literally never heard or read that. So I would say no.

It's certainly a real term. The context is often student athletes that intentionally didn't play their sport for a season (called redshirting) to maintain their 4-year eligibility so that they can stay for a fifth year and compete in their sport.

Re: Steam Brick: No screen, no controller, just a power button and a USB port

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Post by scotty79 »

Aurornis wrote: post #32
Ekaros wrote: post #16

Are NUCs with batteries unserved market? Just thinking of them as concept. How popular would they be?

A NUC with USB-PD input could be powered from a USB-PD power bank. I’d much rather do that than purchase a NUC with a built-in battery. Keeping the two pieces separate makes them easier to repurpose later. Regardless, the market for such a device is relatively small.

This is cool. But now I want a power bank with hot swappable batteries/modules. Or better yet a connector that you can attach multiple power banks to and it gives power if at least one non-empty powerbank is connected.

Re: Steam Brick: No screen, no controller, just a power button and a USB port

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Post by viciousvoxel »

TylerE wrote: post #101
kaladin-jasnah wrote: post #91

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I guess some people in the US call someone beyond their 12th grade in high school, or fourth year in an undergraduate program a "super senior."

I've literally never heard or read that. So I would say no.

I'm American and I have heard "super senior" and seen it used in print. Go figure.

Re: Steam Brick: No screen, no controller, just a power button and a USB port

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Post by nottorp »

S--M wrote: post #112
ekimekim wrote: post #15

This isn't all that different to how I use my gaming PC - it's off in another room, with a monitor that is plugged in but almost always off (I don't think Windows will boot without at least something plugged in?), Steam set to start on boot, and then I entirely use it via Steam Remote Play from my main PC.

Have you tried sunshine + moonlight? I've heard it has lower latency and better streaming quality.

Can confirm that. Using both to connect to the same windows box and sunshine+moonlight is better latency wise for fast paced games. And for games bought from GoG unless you want to configure Steam to launch them :)

Steam streaming is more convenient if the game is on steam and it's turn based or something like that. Also if the (mac) box you're streaming to has multiple monitors, Steam will continue to show the game if you cmd-tab out of it, while moonlight will minimize from the start.

Re: Steam Brick: No screen, no controller, just a power button and a USB port

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Post by ekimekim »

daemoens wrote: post #24
ekimekim wrote: post #15

This isn't all that different to how I use my gaming PC - it's off in another room, with a monitor that is plugged in but almost always off (I don't think Windows will boot without at least something plugged in?), Steam set to start on boot, and then I entirely use it via Steam Remote Play from my main PC.

You could get a dummy HDMI plug for $3 on Amazon and free up that monitor if you need it. [1] [1] https://www.amazon.com/BKFK-HDMI-Dummy-Plug-3840x2160/dp/B0C...

I do use it occasionally - mostly when Windows has thrown up some issue stopping Steam from working properly.

eg. I need to dismiss a dialog that is invisible over remote play, or it won't finish logging in until I close a "finish setting up your windows install" screen.

Re: Steam Brick: No screen, no controller, just a power button and a USB port

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Post by jonp888 »

virtualwhys wrote: post #76
choult wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For the non-Brits, "sixth-form" means years 12 and 13 of school - equivalent to junior and senior years of high school in the US. The first and second yearsof sixth form are referred to as "lower sixth" and "upper sixth" respectively. It's a hold-over term from when secondary education (ages 11 and up) started in "first form" and worked up.

In the US, for schools that use this form of grading, it means your senior year; 3rd form is freshman year and so on. We tend not to have a 13th grade, and when that does exist, a PG (post grad) is generally there because they excel at a particular sport.

In Britain the first high school graduation happens after 11th grade; attending sixth form is optional and is primarily done by students intending to study at University. In these years you specialise in a couple of subjects relevant to your intended course of study, and for university you apply and are accepted for and study exclusively one subject from day 1.

So arguably the US equalivalent is the freshman year of college.

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