News Steam Deck nested inside an Apple Magic Keyboard transforms into a portable gaming PC

[Admin]

A modder has built a keyboard computer out of the Steam Deck's internal hardware, creating an ultra-portable SteamOS computer.

Steam Deck nested inside an Apple Magic Keyboard transforms into a portable gaming PC : Read more

 

[TerryLaze]

So they made it less portable by having the need for additional things to carry around...
Just get a wireless keyboard and glue a stand on it that can hold the steamdeck.

 

[Notton]

Well, at least this one retains the battery.
Though, if it's going to be plugged into a separate monitor, you might as well use a Ryzen 6000/7000/8000 mini-PC board. They're cheaper than a Steamdeck with more powerful CPU/GPU, and typically use SODIMM and a 2280 sized SSD.

 

[ripbeefbone]

So they made it less portable by having the need for additional things to carry around...
Just get a wireless keyboard and glue a stand on it that can hold the steamdeck.

lighten up francis

 

[Michaelthatsit]

So they made it less portable by having the need for additional things to carry around...
Just get a wireless keyboard and glue a stand on it that can hold the steamdeck.

I mean, I’d be carrying all of those things plus a laptop. The goal was to merge at least two into one and remove the redundant screens (laptop and steam deck).

So I’ve gone from laptop, steam deck, XR glasses, to bento & XR glasses.

Also it runs Ubuntu.

 

[LordVile]

Well, at least this one retains the battery.
Though, if it's going to be plugged into a separate monitor, you might as well use a Ryzen 6000/7000/8000 mini-PC board. They're cheaper than a Steamdeck with more powerful CPU/GPU, and typically use SODIMM and a 2280 sized SSD.

Issue is it doesn’t run steamos… well… you might as well just run another Linux distro which kind ruins the point of wanting the steamdeck UI

 

[Notton]

Issue is it doesn’t run steamos… well… you might as well just run another Linux distro which kind ruins the point of wanting the steamdeck UI

Nope, SteamOS will run fine on mostly any Ryzen CPU, though it's best if you use something newer than Zen2 with >16GB RAM.
Steamdeck itself is just a custom Zen2.
Z1X in the Ally and LeGo are just a renamed 7840U, and get guaranteed compatibility.

I am using SteamOS on a R5-4500U laptop with zero issues.
It'll even work with discrete AMD GPUs.

What ruins the SteamOS UI is not having a touch screen or controller.

 

[LordVile]

Nope, SteamOS will run fine on mostly any Ryzen CPU, though it's best if you use something newer than Zen2 with >16GB RAM.
Steamdeck itself is just a custom Zen2.
Z1X in the Ally and LeGo are just a renamed 7840U, and get guaranteed compatibility.

I am using SteamOS on a R5-4500U laptop with zero issues.
It'll even work with discrete AMD GPUs.

What ruins the SteamOS UI is not having a touch screen or controller.

“Run fine” is code for kinda but not really and it’s a massively headache when not really happens. Such as not connecting to WiFi, boot looping and random crashes on the ally.

It’s like saying you could just install PS5 OS onto the steamdeck with no issue because it’s AMD.

 

[Notton]

“Run fine” is code for kinda but not really and it’s a massively headache when not really happens. Such as not connecting to WiFi, boot looping and random crashes on the ally.

It’s like saying you could just install PS5 OS onto the steamdeck with no issue because it’s AMD.

It runs perfectly then.
Wifi: Perfectly
Touchscreen: Perfectly.
Problems encountered: NONE
Less hassle and time spent than trying to install Win11 onto an HP/Intel 10th gen laptop.

 

[LordVile]

It runs perfectly then.
Wifi: Perfectly
Touchscreen: Perfectly.
Problems encountered: NONE
Less hassle and time spent than trying to install Win11 onto an HP/Intel 10th gen laptop.

If I go on Reddit now and search for “Steamos ROG ally issues” how many threads will I find? Do you think?

 

[Notton]

If I go on Reddit now and search for “Steamos ROG ally issues” how many threads will I find? Do you think?

you know what? you're just going to keep moving goal posts, so I'll just block you.

 

[LordVile]

you know what? you're just going to keep moving goal posts, so I'll just block you.

Moving what goalposts, I said that there were issues and you’re just ignoring the fact that there are issues

 

[TerryLaze]

Moving what goalposts, I said that there were issues and you’re just ignoring the fact that there are issues

There only are issues when there are issues....
If you have hardware that is supported, and you can look that up, then steamos will install and run perfectly.

If you have issues with steamos you can also have them on the steamdeck.
https://www.reddit.com/search/?q=St...94b8&iId=4def053e-f561-4265-9ea7-a0ffb9f1998b