I got one and put windows 11 on it. 😈
Steam Machine is currently selling an estimated 12k–15k units per week, based on its strong position on Steam's Global Top Sellers chart.
Submitted 3 weeks ago by mr_MADAFAKA@lemmy.ml to steamdeck@sopuli.xyz
https://boilingsteam.com/steam-machine-between-10k-and-15k-sold-per-week/
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IAmYouButYouDontKnowYet@reddthat.com 3 weeks ago
PlasticExistence@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Why do you hate yourself so much that you’d subject yourself to that?
thingsiplay@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
I assume to play those games that do not run on Linux. Its sad, but the only way to play them is to install the Windows malware. If that was your plan all along, why did you even bothered to buy a Steam Machine?
savvywolf@pawb.social 3 weeks ago
Which makes me wonder if it has hardware support for secure boot/tpm which some games demand now. I assume so because it’s mostly standard hardware, but you never know…
IAmYouButYouDontKnowYet@reddthat.com 3 weeks ago
I bought it to help host windows updates on the network. Set it and forget it.
MystValkyrie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
If there was an alignment chart for Steam Machine users, you’d fall under Chaotic Good.
cardfire@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Hah, right?!?
CalcProgrammer1@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
I’m gonna triple boot mine when I get it, SteamOS (1TB), Arch Linux (512GB), and Windows 11 (512GB). I plan to game mostly on SteamOS but as a mini PC it will probably take the place of my travel setup and so I want access to Arch (my daily driver OS on my main PCs) and Windows (mainly for development testing of cross-platform apps but also maybe Fortnite, it’s the one game my friends play that doesn’t support Linux).
hamsda@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
I gotta ask some questions:
- does everything work the way it would on SteamOS?
- what about drivers?
- did you test gaming performance?
Midnitte@beehaw.org 3 weeks ago
bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 3 weeks ago
thingsiplay@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
Note, they make an assumption which cannot be derived by data: 65% adoption of the base configuration, 35% adoption of the high-tier configuration. While it makes sense on paper, we don’t know how many units VALVE even produced and produces of both. I can see that VALVE started with a 50/50 distribution, and based on demand shifts AND availability of SSD towards one. All around its still a well made and educated guess of the numbers, based on the little data we have.
CalcProgrammer1@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
The adoption rate is pretty meaningless at the moment considering their queue system just put people into whatever queues they randomized into. I signed up for all 4 mainly wanting a 2TB unit but ended up in the 512GB queue instead. I’ve ordered a 2TB NVMe and an extra 16GB RAM stick so when I get it the first thing I’m doing is installing the upgrades.
arxaseus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
I plan on buying one soon, love the small form factor.
FoxAlive@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
I am not unless it comes in a barebones kit like my old Intel nuk when bf 3 was new.
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 3 weeks ago
It’s crazy what branding can do to sell useless cubes with less gaming ability than a thinkpad
FoxAlive@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
I think my Intel nuk was 700 dollars after I bought all the parts for it l, it was primairly for battlefield 4, and minecraft, and it ran worse than it did on the ps3.
Maybe the inflation from that time period matches the prices we pay now? But there has definately always been idiots like me who like form factor.
I’m still not getting one unless its barebones for ~550 USD, but I’m the type of person who wants one.
Fizz@lemmy.nz 3 weeks ago
Every creator was sadly reviewing this on its release saying how bad it was. Now all the follow up reviews are like “actually its pretty good and its the machine ive always wanted”. Where was that energy on release
Kongar@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Wow, I got waitlisted and thought because the price wasn’t so hot, that I’d get an opportunity to buy relatively soon. Maybe not. Good for steam, not so much for me :)
PlasticExistence@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I wanted one, but between the price and the single-channel RAM, I decided against it. None of that is Valve’s fault, but I’m still pretty disappointed.
mortalic@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I think it has an open a lot to add another dimm. Swear I saw a video on exactly that. 16gb dimm is expensive at $230 right now but that price would be the same for any system. But then you’d be dual channel
CalcProgrammer1@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
I was on the reservation queue but hadn’t received my email. I ended up in the queue for the 512GB and not the 2TB I really wanted, but luckily I found good deals on eBay for a 2TB SSD and a 16GB DDR5 5600 SODIMM for around $400 combined. Ended up ordering those just to have them when I finally did get my email, and luckily just last night I got my purchase email for the Steam Machine. Hopefully the RAM and SSD get here before the Machine does so I can upgrade it right away. That way I can have 32GB and dual-channel and enough space to triple boot SteamOS (for gaming), Arch Linux (for development, tinkering), and Windows (for Fortnite and development/testing as well).
I’m excited to reverse engineer its RGB and get it integrated into OpenRGB, one reason why I want all the OSes on it.
artyom@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
Good for the future of Steam hardware.