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People saying just build your own steam machine don't get its appeal (programming.dev)
submitted 3 days ago by avocado@programming.dev to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world
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Doing it yourself would mean visiting one of those build your own pc forums for help, and I think most people would rather kill themselves.

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[–] accideath@feddit.org 11 points 3 days ago

That’s definitely a worse experience in any way besides price.

The steam machine promises a certain point of build quality, support and ease of setup your proposed solution will not.

It’s not the best bang for the buck, sure. But it’s not targeting people who have the know how or patience to either build and/or configure their own system.