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Valve raises Steam Deck prices

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Re: Valve raises Steam Deck prices

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Post by dlcarrier »

SXX wrote: post #41
branon wrote: post #8

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I bought two LCD models before the OLED came out and have constantly bounced between buyer's remorse (I only use one of them) and feeling okay about this decision. Currently, I'm feeling like it was a pretty wise move.

There is a good reason not to buy OLED deck. Once you play on OLED screen you will certainly want your laptop and or deaktop screen to also be OLED. That's it. Never had such issue with a phone, but after Deck started feeling I missing that screen quality elsewhere.

I've had the same problem since owning a Samsung Galaxy 2 phone.

Re: Valve raises Steam Deck prices

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Post by aaomidi »

trostaft wrote: post #111

I'm desperately clutching onto my original steam deck. Some of the buttons are beginning to go, but it looks like we'll be holding onto it for another 1-2 years at this rate. Waiting, in anticipation and horror, for the price of the frame.

The thing is extremely repairable! Take advantage of that :)

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Post by LtWorf »

Benanov wrote: post #23
idle_zealot wrote: post #19

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I'm glad at least this happened after consumer electronics plateaued. I don't know about you but in my estimation a 5 year old phone and mid-tier gaming PC are holding up fine. The limiting factor in features is more crappy software than hardware. Unless you're looking to run local AI stuff, I guess? But I don't figure the anti-tech crowd would want to do that. Give us replaceable batteries and the right to update ou…

My thirteen year old PC is holding up fine. I've replaced the disk (condition of me getting it; it was a disused Windows machine), installed Ubuntu, Debian, then Kubuntu, and upgraded the video card, but beyond that...basically as it shipped from Dell. The last BIOS update was 2013.

I have a similar machine. The only issue is that I haven't bought a video card and the integrated Intel is starting to show its age by not supporting Vulcan.

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Post by throwaway85825 »

utopiah wrote: post #93
e40 wrote: post #79

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Now imagine TSMC being controlled by China. While I think it's fairly low probability, the imagination does create some pretty dystopian scenarios.

How would that work? They can't take the fabs (single door opened and dust makes it all useless) and even if they could they can't run ASML machines with their support. So... labor camp fabs on unmaintained STOA hardware from a single company everybody relies on? I can't imagine that scenario. Either they manage to redeploy the whole value chain (not saying it's impossible but doesn't seem to be the case at scale for…

They need regular chemical deliveries from japan as well.

Re: Valve raises Steam Deck prices

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Post by dlcarrier »

newaccountman2 wrote: post #70

jeez Steam Deck feels like one of the most disappointing pieces of hardware I have purchased. Def not worth at that price. My main problem with it is that it doesn't have a simple clickable on/off switch, and takes FOREVER to turn on holy shit it's awful and feels unusable almost every time I try to use it I have to leave it on sleep because otherwise it will never turn back on, and it brings me so much ire to intera…

Startup is the one thing that Arch Linux doesn't let you tweak, so I'm not surprised that they didn't manage to get a very fast startup time, which necessitates suspending instead of powering on and off.

I installed Artix Linux on my desktop computer, which is basically a branch of Arch Linux but with support for more initialization services, and it starts up a lot faster than my steam deck.

Re: Valve raises Steam Deck prices

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Post by wao0uuno »

trostaft wrote: post #111

I'm desperately clutching onto my original steam deck. Some of the buttons are beginning to go, but it looks like we'll be holding onto it for another 1-2 years at this rate. Waiting, in anticipation and horror, for the price of the frame.

Steam Deck is very repairable and replacement parts are easy to find. You'll be fine.
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