Steam Deck
www.steamdeck.com
November 16

New OLED screen. New APU. And lots of small hardware improvements.

  • thorbot@lemmy.worldEnglish
    23·
    1 year ago

    Better battery life, faster wifi and brighter display is definitely enough for me! Though I will have to be able to sell my original one first

    • NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zipEnglish
      83·
      1 year ago

      Oh, I am almost definitely buying this some time next year. The battery life is nice for occasional use, but generally I am not doing marathon sessions anymore.

      But the big thing that is getting me excited is the improved thermals. When I play something that is poorly optimized or otherwise start pushing it, I very much am reminded that I am using a “gaming laptop” and all the heat rashes that entails.

      Also: If the translucent black+orange were at the 512 GB range, I would probably still make a poor decision next week. More storage is always nice, but I have had zero issues with my current 512 GB drive. Spent the past year or so in that “When my sticks fail or something otherwise goes bad, I’ll crack it open. Swap out to hall effects and get the biggest nvme I can fit in there” state

      I am telling myself I’ll wait for a discount. But what I totally expect to happen is I realize the cutting board I am planning to treat myself to next year comes out a lot cheaper than I am budgeting for and…

        • NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zipEnglish
          21·
          1 year ago

          Thanks. But by “cutting board” I am more or less saying “go full sicko on my counter space to the point that this might count as a small scope remodel”.