You are clearly NOT the target audience of the gabecube.
The steam machine is fricking useful for whoever want a tiny PC and not a fucking tower, a machine that is quite good and that is plug and play
It also targets people who don’t (want to) know about pc building.
I have a few friends who just stick to consoles and laptops, because they are to scared of trying a pre-build or building on there own. But they seem to be intrested in this cube
I’m a software engineer, been one for 20+ years. Built my own PCs before.
I’m just not super interested in doing it anymore. A reasonably priced steam box that just works out of the box without any troubleshooting and is a common enough hardware profile for developers to put in the effort to make work so I don’t have to burn the precious hours of my life fixing stupid bullshit to play a video game, yes, take my money.
I’m kinda considering. Cause if I’d build a custom PC, it could be a home server of sorts - some webserver or AI machine.
I have only certain amount of time I can spend on personal tech activity and if I could play without spending that energy that would be fantastic. Also that’s decent PC for Godot gamedev right?
This is me. I’ve built enough PCs both for myself and my siblings to recognize the value in hardware that’s been purpose-built and tested by people I trust more than myself. Plus ongoing software and firmware updates I don’t need to manage and a form factor I don’t think I could match.
I have a feeling the RAM shortages are going to fuck us all over on price, which might keep me from buying one right away. But it’s gonna be tempting for sure.
A decade ago I built custom PC’s for my family and for my neighbors, the last ten years, ever since the chrome-books became viable, I’ve suggested just going with a bargain price laptop and GeForce now for gaming, I don’t need people asking me for help fixing issues, I don’t want to chase down bugs in hardware or compatibility,
I’m not proud of losing my interest and letting my abilities be not put to use, but my time and blood pressure is better utilized in other areas. I have a 7 year old Dell laptop, a steam deck, and (until recently) an Xbox S. It’ll be nice to have something that plays my (very large) library at console quality without a subscription service/Internet requirement. I have GeForce now, but I don’t have the latency to run it.
I’m also a software engineer and am still interested in building my own PCs, but I like the GabeCube anyway because you literally cannot build a PC that small, not even with mini-ITX.
I kinda feel like I’d want a Strix Halo (Ryzen AI MAX+ 395) in that form factor even more, though.
So much this! I have 20+ years in IT as well, and I just want a plug and play box, that has HDMI Arc, and can play my Steam library at 1080p or higher.
Steam os is also probably the best usability / stability linux for people who don’t want to know or care what a linux is.
For what it does i think it’s a very intuitive OS; and desktop mode is pretty good too. It’s genuinely terminal free linux, so for all those who cant terminal, then it’s accessible.
Can you install steamos on a regular pc? will it work as well?
If its cheap enough i’ll buy it to replace the USFF pc connected to my tv, just for the controller interface as an alternative to mouse.
It could seriously attract some gamers who are hating windows direction, but scared of linux.
TBF stemdeck already does this, so it’s just for sofa+tv gamers really.
I think people forget to mention the benefit of having standardized hardware. I build my own PCs, but I’m still considering the cube, because I know there will be optimizations targeted directly at it.
You are clearly NOT the target audience of the gabecube. The steam machine is fricking useful for whoever want a tiny PC and not a fucking tower, a machine that is quite good and that is plug and play
It also targets people who don’t (want to) know about pc building. I have a few friends who just stick to consoles and laptops, because they are to scared of trying a pre-build or building on there own. But they seem to be intrested in this cube
I would also be in the target audience I think.
I’m a software engineer, been one for 20+ years. Built my own PCs before.
I’m just not super interested in doing it anymore. A reasonably priced steam box that just works out of the box without any troubleshooting and is a common enough hardware profile for developers to put in the effort to make work so I don’t have to burn the precious hours of my life fixing stupid bullshit to play a video game, yes, take my money.
I’m kinda considering. Cause if I’d build a custom PC, it could be a home server of sorts - some webserver or AI machine.
I have only certain amount of time I can spend on personal tech activity and if I could play without spending that energy that would be fantastic. Also that’s decent PC for Godot gamedev right?
This is me. I’ve built enough PCs both for myself and my siblings to recognize the value in hardware that’s been purpose-built and tested by people I trust more than myself. Plus ongoing software and firmware updates I don’t need to manage and a form factor I don’t think I could match.
I have a feeling the RAM shortages are going to fuck us all over on price, which might keep me from buying one right away. But it’s gonna be tempting for sure.
Myself as well,
A decade ago I built custom PC’s for my family and for my neighbors, the last ten years, ever since the chrome-books became viable, I’ve suggested just going with a bargain price laptop and GeForce now for gaming, I don’t need people asking me for help fixing issues, I don’t want to chase down bugs in hardware or compatibility,
I’m not proud of losing my interest and letting my abilities be not put to use, but my time and blood pressure is better utilized in other areas. I have a 7 year old Dell laptop, a steam deck, and (until recently) an Xbox S. It’ll be nice to have something that plays my (very large) library at console quality without a subscription service/Internet requirement. I have GeForce now, but I don’t have the latency to run it.
I’m also a software engineer and am still interested in building my own PCs, but I like the GabeCube anyway because you literally cannot build a PC that small, not even with mini-ITX.
I kinda feel like I’d want a Strix Halo (Ryzen AI MAX+ 395) in that form factor even more, though.
So much this! I have 20+ years in IT as well, and I just want a plug and play box, that has HDMI Arc, and can play my Steam library at 1080p or higher.
Agree.
Steam os is also probably the best usability / stability linux for people who don’t want to know or care what a linux is.
For what it does i think it’s a very intuitive OS; and desktop mode is pretty good too. It’s genuinely terminal free linux, so for all those who cant terminal, then it’s accessible.
Can you install steamos on a regular pc? will it work as well?
If its cheap enough i’ll buy it to replace the USFF pc connected to my tv, just for the controller interface as an alternative to mouse.
It could seriously attract some gamers who are hating windows direction, but scared of linux. TBF stemdeck already does this, so it’s just for sofa+tv gamers really.
I think people forget to mention the benefit of having standardized hardware. I build my own PCs, but I’m still considering the cube, because I know there will be optimizations targeted directly at it.