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[–] Harbinger01173430@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (12 children)

I still don't get why didn't they just use an ITX motherboard with a Ryzen 7600 and a Rx 7600 in an ITX case and called it steam machine instead.

Less resources for engineering the thing that could've been sued for software development.

[–] Rooster326@programming.dev 4 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

Is it less resources though? At that level to buy consumer grade?

I mean you can literally build your own steam machine with that. You can install the os into any PC. That's the ultimate goal I imagine.

[–] Harbinger01173430@lemmy.world -1 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

I mean, they could've used all that engineering budget that was used in the design of the device for something like, enhancing proton

[–] Rooster326@programming.dev 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Trust me they are improving proton all on their own. Proton let's them sell games. That is how they make money - selling games not hardware.

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