Also, did everyone just forget that Valve already tried this before? The people who buy prebuilt PCs do not want Linux and the people who want Linux do not want prebuilt PCs.

[–] theonlytruescotsman@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

And some stupid piece of idiot in Microsoft made a tablet computer in 1995. Shows that idiot since tablets and touchscreens never took off.

[–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 0 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I actually don't think that's an apt comparison for this. Valve isn't inventing the wheel here, there are dozens if not hundreds of companies that sell prebuilt PCs. I'm a massive fan of Valve and Gaben by the way, I just don't think this is a solid business decision on any front.

[–] theonlytruescotsman@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 days ago

It's not a pre built PC, it's a gaming console that can also be a PC, if needed. That's how the steam deck is marketed, that's how the previous steamos PC was marketed, and clearly Lenovo thinks the marketing will work. A unified simple introduction to PC gaming as cheap as any console but with near infinite backwards compatibility is a pretty good sell to the normies who have nothing but marginal upgrades to look forward to in the console space.

[–] equivocal@lemm.ee 4 points 3 days ago

The difference is that Proton wasn't a thing the first time.

[–] Zykino@programming.dev 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'm on Linux and a prebuit PC would be a nice change. But at the same price or lower than Windaube, since I don't want a licence for them.

I will prefer to build myself rather than paying an extra k…

[–] sip@programming.dev 2 points 3 days ago

yeah, I was looking into a laptop today and all came with Windoz preinstalled.. that I'm gonna pay for :/