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[–] gh0stcassette@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 3 months ago (1 child)

Honestly, a GrapheneOS or LineageOS phone is a perfectly fine general purpose PC (excluding OEM android because fuck Google Play Services). You can plug it into a keyboard and monitor, enable desktop mode, and use it like a PC. ARM is more than usable for basically all the software most people would ever want to run. The Steam Frame will probably be significantly more powerful than a Google Pixel or whatever, and therefore even more usable.

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[–] thingsiplay@lemmy.ml 1 point 3 months ago

Nobody argues it isn't. I think the Steam Frame would fall into a category of Steam Deck, which is even more of a general purpose computer. That's why it was so cheap, because most people buying it end up playing games on Steam and Valve will profit. But with Steam Machine in example Valve could not compete on price, otherwise they would lose money on each sold Machine without anyone need to use the Steam store.

There is a huge difference of specialized hardware and software like Steam Frame and Steam Deck, compared to a general desktop PC like a Steam Machine.

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