Valve is still buthurt from when the aus regulator said they couldn't just write up their own limited warranty. The regulator said you have to follow mandatory aus consumer protection laws and valve cried then closed up shop.

This is the way

That's a pretty impressive machine

No, basically an AMD-equipped framework laptop.

I imagine this form factor ssd is what they put in their thunderbolt storage expansion modules. They probably already have heaps of stock of these and makes sense to sell them

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No no that's just our Stadia controllers 😜

Solid state cooling would be awesome for this.

Its just a standard m.2 drive in the smallest available form factor. They probably sell it for their laptops too, but jus labelled tat it works with a steamdeck so that there are no mixups. The people who buy frameworks are the sort of people to upgrade their steamdeck

That's awesome! I can put tons of games on there, and then just play like 3 of them.

It's a lot bigger deal to do the arch thing than to use a less-common DE if you aren't changing it a lot. (the arch thing being "if you were really 1337 you'd compile your audio drivers from scratch instead of complaining that they're not preloaded!" in my mind lol). Windows is a nightmare and I am glad I don't have to work for MS.

I've been less than impressed with that channel for a long time, so I didn't watch that, but I think it would help if I mention that my definition of n00b popular is for non-gaming purposes. Ubuntu (and to a lesser extent Mint, although I prefer to use that one) is universally understood as a very convenient and perfectly decent platform that's basically guaranteed to have people who've already used whatever software you need to run. There are more minimalist distros, which may be reasonable to use as a base for tweaking and optimizing, but if you want to spin up a machine in a limited amount of time and have everything you need as soon as possible, it's great for that. Doesn't even make you stop and remember commands, because you can count on the GUI way of changing whatever you want to be reasonable.

IIRC the Framework has a touchscreen connector just in case, but don't quote me on that.

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I don't understand. They still work, it's not like a server was shut down and they no longer control things.

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Didn't they make a Steam Controller that also went the way of the dodo in a short time frame?

Fool me once!

> apple doesn’t own the vast majority of these factories.

Apple doesn't' own any factories. All manufacturing is outsourced. Apple does the design work.

Foxconn factories the size of cities have suicide nets. Most of your electronics are made by Foxconn. You aren't guilt free just for hating on Apple.

yeah the emmc is the same board shape and connector.

just go to ifixit for the ssd swap guide. don't peel the shield though slide it off instead. if it doesn't go in easily try from the other side. I put it in from the side with the cutout for the screw and used a plastic spudger to lift the cutout edges over the new ssd.

Before all that get the steamos installer ready which can be done from desktop mode. you need a usb drive which needs to be 8gb minimum to flash the image and if the drive doesn't have a usb-c plug, either an adapter or a C to A hub. I couldn't get balena etcher to run on my deck so I just used dd from the console. If you install new ssd first you will need another computer.

Make this foldable and it will explode.

Now only if I could get a steam deck at Winter Sale prices.

I don't know if you live in the states or not but look on Facebook marketplace there's shit tons of them where I live.