Im probably going to have to die with my 3060ti

Meanwhile you can walk into microcenter and pick up a 7500x3d with a 5060 for $999

5060 aint fast either, but it's way faster than a 7600. $300 will let you upgrade easily to 32GB of ram, or you could sell the 5060 (they seem to be about 300-320 for completed fleabay listings) and take the saved $300 and buy a 9070xt or something which are $630 at MC. 4k gaming for $1300. PSU is 650W and should work fine.

I own Minisforum HX99g and it can be compared to SM and only costed me 800 eur 2 years ago. 6900hx and 6650m with 32gb ddr5.Today refurbished can go around 600eur.

Don't worry, I'm waiting to pay $40 of an old game Nintendo will release on the NSO. That k you Nintendo for making me pay for emulated old game again.

Should've put wheels on it to make it even better

Can we finally say it? Is the year of the Linux desktop finally upon us??

inadvertently

I suspect Valve knew what they were doing, and while they probably care more about having prebuilts with Steam preinstalled and convenient to use, they included desktop mode in SteamOS and made sure the steam deck was open to tinkering.

Yup, I was thinking the same thing, the more people that can get on the Linux train, the better.

No. This company actually had a legal dispute with Meta when they rebranded from Facebook: https://www.the-sun.com/tech/3983498/facebook-meta-name-trademark-battle/

Yeah, unfortunate naming if you ask me. "Meta" is just tainted by the zuck now.

No, they are a completely separate company. They have a YouTube channel as well, and I find their YouTube Shorts videos quite entertaining and informative.

Bazzite itself has an OS image specifically for handled PCs, and even desktop Bazzite has an option to boot into game mode basically "Big Picture mode"

They've had this for a while

Iirc there's a pre built company that offers mint, but I haven't seen anyone offer a gaming distro.

7500x3d, 5060, similar specs other wise for 1k here at MC. I don't think 1300 is a good deal.

I think 16gb of ram is fine or even good, especially on linux

I've never eaten into more than 10GB (including OS) with games. It's not video editing.

https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/65B4-2AA3-5F37-4227

Here ya go official OS. https://store.steampowered.com/steamos/download?ver=steamdeck

That's not really how I read it. Clearly they are leveraging vale products, (steam os) so include steam in the name. They probably want this name to evoke strength and power, so what's something with steam in the name that is powerful? A steamroller.

I don't think it is meant to roll steam!

I’m not sure I’d be able to order a “fuck your chalupa, bitch” with a straight face, but I’ll try.

Eh, I see your point, but it feels pretty tongue-in-cheek to me. Steamroller is just a cool name that implies the thing is a workhorse.

Remember literally any PC can run steam and Linux. Steam machine is still just hardware.

So I took it as rolling your own steam, not aggressive.

What about making a spherical system and calling it the Steamcube?

I think it would get massive amounts of free advertising. Not sure if it would sell because I wouldn’t want it.

What's the problem with it, exactly? As long as it lives up to its promise and is a better machine, why shouldn't they market it as a better machine or make direct comparisons?

It's not even saying the steam one is bad, just that it is better.

That's like Del Taco coming out with a deep friend taco shell and calling it "Fuck your Chalupa, bitch."

I would go to Del Taco right this moment if this were real.

Or, theres only so many ways you can make a punny name on Steam OS.

But of course that doesnt allow for righteous indignity.

From what I can tell, the PC in the image is built in the Jonsbo D32 PRO MESH Black, which is listed as "D396×W207×H314mm". However, the META PCs page says it's built in the Jonsbo D32 Black, which doesn't quite exist (the Jonsbo D32 models are PRO Black, PRO MESH Black, and STD Black). Thankfully, they are all the same size and the only differences are the side panel (mesh vs glass) and whether or not it has a moveable spine for variable spacing (PRO vs STD).

Though, the META PCs website should really be more specific in their specs list.

On the bottom of the page it says preorder: 1300 dollars

The size lets them use the specs to their full potential which differentiates it in terms of performance