If people only need a browser and office suite and adobe, a $200 computer will do that just as well. No need to spend USD$1000.

There is basically no use case for this machine at the price that it is.

Even if subsidised they would still be terrible as a work machine lol. The hardware is not good. Work machines are almost always i7s at a minimum.

Remember that these machines are neutered to keep under a tiny power draw.

The hardware is terribly overpriced for a work pc. There are many far superior work desktops for far cheaper.

Not a good one, that’s for sure. Should’ve just eaten the losses and cancelled it, or sold it at a big loss since they make money off every game it plays.

Hardware wise, the Series X beats this with ease. It’s not even close.

The streaming codec matters because it (265) is incredibly better and more efficient, which is what you want for streaming.

It’s got nothing to do with thinness like the article carry’s on and on about, but everything to do with the fact it’s a plastic screen and using a stylus on it is only going to end in damaged screens.

As long as you use AMD, as Intel and Nvidia are not supported yet.

Intel NUCs have existed for like a decade at this point.

Vote out the authoritarian, surveillance loving, censor happy, incompetent ALP, and never let them near power again.

It’s not a cheap office machine though lol. At this price it’s a very expensive office machine with terrible specs.

And at the price that the 2TB model is, you’d be an idiot to buy it.

The performance is pretty bad when compared to the PS5 Pro, which is much cheaper.

The performance is terrible compared to the PS5 Pro. The performance is pretty bad when compared to the base PS5, which is half the price.

It can absolutely be upgraded

Not in any way that matters. It has a non-upgradeable SoC. You can’t just take out the CPU or GPU and replace them.

I just want a streaming box that I can play light games on.

If that’s what you want, get an apple tv or shield tv lol.

If I don’t game on it, I might swap the Linux version and use it for work.

But…why? There are much better small form factor PCs for significantly cheaper than this.

I like gaming on my PC, but I much prefer playing certain games on the big screen in the living room

These things aren’t mutually exclusive. My PC is hooked up to my 75" tv in the games room.

With the specs of this steam machine, the last thing you would want to do is play it on a big screen lol. It will look atrocious. To even hit barely playable framerates you have to run at basically ultra low settings at 720p and use FSR3 (vomits) to get it back up to 1440p.

But I know multiple people who already have a high end computer who would also like this for their living room.

Why? High end computers can also go in the living room. You can also simply stream your high end computer to other devices if you don’t want to do that, or put HDMI cables in the walls.

Going from a high end gaming PC to this, which struggles to do 720p/30fps in AAA games, would be a nightmare.

This is for people who don’t have a nice and powerful desktop.

You can build a significantly more powerful desktop that is also upgradable for less than this. This price renders it absolutely useless and no one should buy it.

$750 is still about $250 too expensive for what it is and the performance it has.