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

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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 blacksmith_tb »

Ekaros wrote: post #20
marxisttemp wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Linus Tech Tips editors spoke briefly on how they’re bringing Mac minis with them to events to edit on the go.

I didn't know Mac Minis had good batteries in them. How many hours do they last on full load?

They don't, but they do idle as low a 4W for the whole system[1] so running one off a large portable battery would be possible (if not exactly elegant).

1: https://support.apple.com/en-us/103253

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

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Post by TheRealSteel »

marxisttemp wrote: post #18
Ekaros wrote: post #16

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

Linus Tech Tips editors spoke briefly on how they’re bringing Mac minis with them to events to edit on the go.

What's the advantage over a MacBook? Supports more external displays or something?

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

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Post by snailmailstare »

Ekaros wrote: post #16

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

It's hard to tell with a lot of NUC style devices whether they support USB PD as the device being charged but I would much rather have one or two USB power banks as my battery/UPS for the NUC, phone and laptops than anything more specific or inverted up to mains, etc.

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

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Post by daemoens »

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...

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

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Post by argsnd »

TheRealSteel wrote: post #22
marxisttemp wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Linus Tech Tips editors spoke briefly on how they’re bringing Mac minis with them to events to edit on the go.

What's the advantage over a MacBook? Supports more external displays or something?

For their CES coverage they said they used MacBooks. They just also brought a Mac mini along that they hooked up to fast internet in a nearby e-sports venue that they used as a backup option to remote into and edit videos from.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYXh0AdBw-I

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

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Post by choult »

andrewaylett wrote: post #6

This is brilliant. When I was in sixth-form, a friend built a portable case containing a micro-ATX motherboard. No battery, but he could sit down at any of the school computers, plug into the wall, and use its peripherals with his PC. That was more than 25 years ago, I feel old now.

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.

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

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Post by deadbabe »

marxisttemp wrote: post #18
Ekaros wrote: post #16

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

Linus Tech Tips editors spoke briefly on how they’re bringing Mac minis with them to events to edit on the go.

You can probably bring Mac Minis onto a business class airplane seat, plug it in to the HDMI port and edit while you fly.
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