@robinsyl I am convinced that #Valve is gonna try to seriously support #ARM & #Linux longterm because they don't want to depend upon #amd64 / #ix86 & #Windows for survival and profit.

• I'm shure the same engineers who cooked up the #SteamFrame work hard on supporting mainstream ARM devices like the #Pi500Plus, because the more platforms #Steam can serve a decent amount of their catalog the easier it is for them to make money.

And in the end that's what they care about...

• Tho I don't put my hopes up high re: any new devices and espechally not reasonable pricing, cuz the "#AIbubble" and the #PriceFixing tripol of #RAM [Chip] manufacturers are currently busy #scalping RAM & #Flash into unobtainable amounts.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hLiwNViMak
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9A-eeJP0J7c

When the #SteamMachine was announced everyone with a calculator could see this is ginna be a $/€ 749,-- #GabeCube because unlike any #GameConsole they explicitly refuse to go with the "Razer & Blades- Model" and sell the device at a loss.

• At the current prediction and RAM prices everyone not deranged expects this to be a $/€ 999,99 box if Valve preordered enough RAM to have an inventory cushion at launch.

And with the current price developments I'd not be surprised if sooner or later devices get stolen just to rip the RAM & SSD out of them and distribute them second hand like weed to a coffeeshop in Amsterdam.

@cstross @drumcoder

It's the imager that has the problem. Issue open since 2023.

https://github.com/raspberrypi/rpi-imager/issues/755

#RaspberryPi #MBR #DiscPartitioning #Pi500Plus

Damn, the #raspberrypi company get so close and yet so far yet again. The #Pi500Plus looks great, will no doubt work fine, but again little design issues damage the thing. Having to use a spudger to get to the m.2 slot is barmy - give us a damn door! Also there is absolutely no excuse using micro hdmi - there is plenty of room and that connector is horrible. Little things like that seem to have dogged the pi series for a while now *sigh*

Aha, aha, I see... #RaspberryPi 500+ I'm looking very closely what you did there. Interesting!

#raspberry #raspi #pi500 #pi500plus #computer #linux

OMG I'm tempted, glad I didn't pull the trigger on the original pi 500. RGB back lit keys, an in built SSD, proper keys.... Think I need to order a ultra wide screen to go with it. Though it would be £200 because it's $200 but it's only £172 #RaspberryPi #Pi500Plus #pi500 https://thepihut.com/products/raspberry-pi-500-plus

🚨 New drop: Raspberry Pi 500+ 🚨

5 things you’ll love:
1️⃣ All-new keyboard
2️⃣ Replaceable keycaps
3️⃣ 256GB NVMe SSD (upgradeable)
4️⃣ 16GB RAM 💪
5️⃣ RGB backlit keys ✨

Perfect for coding, projects & even local LLMs.

https://youtu.be/fNX5jIBtluU

#RaspberryPi #Pi500Plus