Is the Steam Machine a decently priced desktop compared to the "generic" ones?
Valve open-source the Steam Machine e-ink screen so you can make your own
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#12I'd love to see an easy guide to doing this with the Framework Desktop form factor. I didn't buy any of the silly little squares for the front of mine since I figured I could 3D print some later, but six months in still haven't gotten around to it.
Same, but the front is important for airflow in the Framework Desktop, so I don't think covering it with an e-ink screen would work. But maybe with some space between the screen and the fan intake?
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#13I'd love to see an easy guide to doing this with the Framework Desktop form factor. I didn't buy any of the silly little squares for the front of mine since I figured I could 3D print some later, but six months in still haven't gotten around to it.
A little e-ink status tile for temps, build status, now playing, or just a static label would be much more interesting than most decorative inserts
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#14"Valve will not be making and providing their own e-ink display for the Steam Machine" Too bad. The picture in the articles looks awesome. Like a device from some alternate reality. Neither retro nor the standard flat-panel LCD. I don't want to mod a pre-build $1,049 device. I want it to be good our of the box and I'd rather pay more to get more. (If it was a $3K top-of-midrange machine, I would buy it in a second.)
You're not modding a pre-built $1049 device. The faceplates are removable and swappable with no disassembly needed, and this fancy one connects via bluetooth and is powered via a battery. Entirely non-invasive.
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#15Is the Steam Machine a decently priced desktop compared to the "generic" ones?
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#16This is so cool! Coincidentally, I'm currently building something in a similar vein that pushes system metrics out to an Android app so an old phone or tablet can be used as a case screen. The app has widget plugins that expose a repo of metrics received and a GL surface, that can then be used to display fancy visualisations. Check it out here: https://github.com/xfoa/humours . It's not finished yet, but the basic fu…
The main thing I'd worry about is long-term reliability
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#17Is the Steam Machine a decently priced desktop compared to the "generic" ones?
For a small gaming box it is a good price.
If you don’t care that much about size, HDMI-CEC or SteamOS there are faster alternatives for the price.
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#18Is the Steam Machine a decently priced desktop compared to the "generic" ones?
For a small gaming box it is a good price. If you don’t care that much about size, HDMI-CEC or SteamOS there are faster alternatives for the price.
Especially since, afaik, you plug it in and it just works. No messing around with installing operating systems, setting up users (aside from signing into steam) or anything. It's essentially a console that plays PC games, but it's also a PC for the purposes of upgradability and ability to do other, non-console stuff with it
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#19Clickbait, I want to make an actual eInk display myself. Not just buy one from Adafruit.
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#20Is the Steam Machine a decently priced desktop compared to the "generic" ones?
Gamers Nexus did a very in depth review of the Steam Machine [1], which includes a comparison to a build yourself similar machine.
The result is that for about 70 dollars less you can put together a somewhat more powerful PC than the Steam Machine, but not for that form factor, it would still be bigger.
IMO, the Steam Machine is not a bad purchase if you are in the market for that type of product.