sanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months 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-square106fedilinkarrow-up1415arrow-down15
arrow-up1410arrow-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 · 2 months agomessage-square106fedilink
minus-squarepotustheplant@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months 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.