Back in November, the SM announcement inspired me to get an off-brand mini gaming PC with a 8745HS and 16GB DDR5 / 512GB SSD for a little less than $400. That machine today is now $500. Its 780M is about double the graphical power of the Deck, so assuming pricing is proportional to the GPU, the SM would’ve been like $499 in November and $599 at today’s prices.

Small sample size and perhaps invalid assumptions, but I wouldn’t be surprised if that’s correct.