▲ 201 ▼ Are you ready for a $1,000 Steam Machine? Some analysts think you should be. (arstechnica.com) submitted 11 months ago by BlackEco@lemmy.blackeco.com to c/technology@lemmy.world 145 comments fedilink hide all child comments The title is a bit misleading, as the article lists diverging analysts' opinions, ranging from Valve willing to sell at a loss or low margins, to high prices due to RAM and SSD price volatility.
[+] FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au -1 points 11 months ago (2 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FireWire400@lemmy.world 1 point 11 months ago* (1 child) There's plenty of games today that use more than 16GB of system RAM on their highest settings and that's only gonna become more common in the future... Besides, with this being literally a Linux PC, there's more ways it could make use of the extra RAM than just games. I don't know what you're on about, mate. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [+] FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au -1 points 11 months ago (1 child) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] FireWire400@lemmy.world 1 point 11 months ago Yeah, that's kinda obvious. I just don't think that's gonna be a huge problem for people who are in the market for this thing, Valve specifically choose the specifications to be an upgrade for most steam users. Some upgradability is still better than none. permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (-1 replies)
[–] FireWire400@lemmy.world 1 point 11 months ago* (1 child) There's plenty of games today that use more than 16GB of system RAM on their highest settings and that's only gonna become more common in the future... Besides, with this being literally a Linux PC, there's more ways it could make use of the extra RAM than just games. I don't know what you're on about, mate. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [+] FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au -1 points 11 months ago (1 child) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] FireWire400@lemmy.world 1 point 11 months ago Yeah, that's kinda obvious. I just don't think that's gonna be a huge problem for people who are in the market for this thing, Valve specifically choose the specifications to be an upgrade for most steam users. Some upgradability is still better than none. permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (-1 replies)
[+] FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au -1 points 11 months ago (1 child) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] FireWire400@lemmy.world 1 point 11 months ago Yeah, that's kinda obvious. I just don't think that's gonna be a huge problem for people who are in the market for this thing, Valve specifically choose the specifications to be an upgrade for most steam users. Some upgradability is still better than none. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FireWire400@lemmy.world 1 point 11 months ago Yeah, that's kinda obvious. I just don't think that's gonna be a huge problem for people who are in the market for this thing, Valve specifically choose the specifications to be an upgrade for most steam users. Some upgradability is still better than none. permalink fedilink source parent