I don’t quite understand the criticism. It’s not gonna be top of the line, but it’s more than enough to replace my dying laptop from 2015 that I pretty much only ever use like a desktop anyway. And I can save myself the time and effort of picking parts, building, and dealing with shit not working as expected.

  • Brave Little Hitachi Wand@feddit.ukEnglish
    55·
    13 hours ago

    I don’t think I need it, but I’m super glad it’s going to exist.

    If it came with a native DVD reader and my PS4 suddenly died, I’d have some choices to make, however.

    • Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      62·
      11 hours ago

      I’m 1000% certain you could attach a Blu-Ray drive via USB without internet telemetry, unlike Sony’s policies ;)

      Edit: fixed rogue “care of” character, will contact GrapheneOS team lol

    • MrVilliam@sh.itjust.worksOP
      6·
      10 hours ago

      I wonder if it could support an external DVD/BD drive via its USB ports. I assume yes, but that would be an extra purchase for you.

      My Steam Deck feels about on par with PS4 in terms of power, and they say Steam Machine will be more like a PS5, so it sounds like it would be an upgrade over your PS4. Just more expensive, especially if you’re buying a disc drive.

      I think that this thing coming out will only be beneficial to PC gamers, especially Linux users. This will encourage further development and standardization.