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Larger numbers of units of a specific model sold bring greater stability to the user. When you buy one of the official steam boxes, you (hopefully) suffer less
by sentenza 13y ago
Larger numbers of units of a specific model sold bring greater stability to the user. When you buy one of the official steam boxes, you (hopefully) suffer less from the usual PC weirdness. Kind of like buying a HP or Dell machine compared to a "supermarket PC".
Also, I imagine you plug it in and you can start installing games, without having to go through the thousand and one steps that are neccessary to make a Windows PC useable (Is that still the case today? Been a while since I set up a Windows box).
- MetaCosm 13y agoI was hoping there would be something "more to it" than just Linux boxes from tons of manufactorers that will be sold in small volume and changed often. I hoped Valve had a "secret weapon" like universal compariable ratings, or... something. But, right now it looks like they made a Linux disto and a controller... which is cool, but isn't going to rock the industry without some incredible marketing (read: exclusives, which they said they won't do). RE: 1000+1 Steps, depends on the brand. A computer sold at Best Buy will likely still come with a good bit of crapware, but even there execptions happen. But, a decent group of manufactors now offer "Microsoft Signature"... which is no crapware and higher standard on drivers... very much feels "Apple Inspired".