Comment on Does anyone else use their steam deck as a PC? How's it?
random_character_a@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I have a privacy oriented raspberry pi 400, that i use for my web browsing, banking, office, micro controller and video conversion stuff.
Steam Deck is for games and 3d modelling and other stuff that rp400 might not have enough power for.
Steam Deck is mostly 90% on desktop mode mounted on a dock with external display, mouse and keyboard.
I keep my personal stuff out of Steam Deck because I don’t trust steam + games data gathering.
I alloved my son to scavenge my old desktop PC, because I didn’t need it anymore.
Only gripe is that Arduino IDE is shit on both Steam Deck and RP400, but so far Thonny and micropython has been adequate.
shaytan@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Wow the raspberry thing is cool, and after seeing a streamer get scammed 30k worth of crypto for downloading a steam game, separating gaming from banking and such seems smart
random_character_a@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
If somebody is inspired to get one, I’d recommend getting raspberry pi 500. The 400 is OK, but needs a hefty overclocking to run most robust webpages smoothly. It can still get a little sluggish on really bloated webpages, like using steaming services from a webpage.
Good thing is that you can overclock it quite far before you need to modify the default cooling setup.
shaytan@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Perhaps an intel 100 or 150 would be better in this regard?
random_character_a@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
True. For example lattepanda is not a bad option, if you don’t mind the price and availability in not a problem.