sanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoValve says it isn't subsidizing the Steam Machine's $1050 price because of its "religious" refusal to "build a more closed system"www.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square109linkfedilinkarrow-up1460arrow-down17
arrow-up1453arrow-down1external-linkValve says it isn't subsidizing the Steam Machine's $1050 price because of its "religious" refusal to "build a more closed system"www.pcgamer.comsanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square109linkfedilink
minus-squarepotustheplant@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoIt doesn’t matter if you build it yourself or not, it matters that whoever repairs it can swap only the part that failed. The steam machine has a lot of stuff on a single board (kinda like a laptop) and that sucks, from a repairability standpoint.
It doesn’t matter if you build it yourself or not, it matters that whoever repairs it can swap only the part that failed. The steam machine has a lot of stuff on a single board (kinda like a laptop) and that sucks, from a repairability standpoint.