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Are you ready for a $1,000 Steam Machine? Some analysts think you should be. (arstechnica.com)
submitted 15 hours ago by BlackEco@lemmy.blackeco.com to c/technology@lemmy.world
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The title is a bit misleading, as the article lists diverging analysts' opinions, ranging from Valve willing to sell at a loss or low margins, to high prices due to RAM and SSD price volatility.

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[–] Creat@discuss.tchncs.de 41 points 14 hours ago (3 children)

They can't sell this at a loss, or at least it would be incredibly risky. This is (intentionally) "just a PC". It ships with SteamOS but you can of course install whatever you want, including windows. If it is (much) cheaper than a roughly equivalent normal PC, companies might just start buying them in bulk but obviously not generating the supporting sales needed.

[–] x00z@lemmy.world 21 points 11 hours ago

I saw in a LTT video that they already claimed they will not be selling this at a loss because they want their hardware division to be self-sustaining.

[–] uzay@infosec.pub 25 points 13 hours ago

If they sell it only through Steam as they do with the Steam Deck, companies wouldn't really be able to buy them in bulk.

[–] vrek@programming.dev 14 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I heard at one point in time the fastest super computer in the world was a cluster of 900 ps3. It was cheaper then buying a single computer and in the beginning of the ps3 era you could easily format and run Linux on them.

[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 3 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I certainly remember PS2 consoles being used like that. The cell processor was impressive.

[–] vrek@programming.dev 7 points 10 hours ago

They did it with ps3 also although in research to make sure I was no mis-remembering I found out I was wrong. It was 33rd fastest super computer not #1.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_3_cluster