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[–] hardcoreufo@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

I would like to see a barebones option for like 500-600 but I doubt that will happen.

[–] nullify3112@lemmy.world 1 points 24 minutes ago

It’s called the steam deck + dock and it costs $800 at least.

[–] Rooster326@programming.dev 1 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

What would barebones be exactly?

[–] Dudewitbow@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

barebones means youre on your own to procure ram and storage (though theyd pay for gpu ram) it gives value to people who already have the ram/atorage in hand and price the devices minus the ram/storage cost as if it were before memory prices skyrocketed (minus gpu ram) as the cost of the rest of the components wouldnt have had the same price hike

[–] Paper_Phrog@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago (1 children)
[–] kboos1@lemmy.world 6 points 1 hour ago

I don't think that would work, it has a custom GPU. I would take a no or low storage version to save some money, I some extra SSDs laying around. But RAM prices are insane right now and I bet Valve can get a better deal than I can.