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[–] LiveLM@lemmy.zip 9 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

No bad specs, only bad prices.

[–] melfie@lemy.lol 2 points 41 minutes ago

Exactly. $500: worth it. $800: now you’re in an awkward middle ground. You can pay half of that for a mini PC with a 780M that has double the GPU power of a Steam Deck or pay a bit more to get a decent machine that can really do 4K on high or ultra.