To desperately attempt to fix an issue that purchases won’t fix, lol.

I’ve got enough PTO to take off until February. Doesn’t mean I can take it.

I may be misunderstanding you, but if you can’t take it, doesn’t that mean you don’t really have it? It’s effectively just a small pay bump for more hours away from the family.

I don’t understand why my earlier comment is downvoted. Taking time off is important. We like to tell ourselves we’re bullet proof, but we’re not. Hustle culture really is doing a number on us all. You can’t be on all the time, no matter how tough you are.

I’d suggest taking your PTO and spending the time with your wife and daughter. Few people die wishing they worked more, and decompressing with the family is important.

Edit: whoever downvoted this, please take care of yourself.

They’ve explicitly stated they gave up on leading edge.

It feels like GF is slowly fading into irrelevance.

I’d suggest taking your PTO and spending the time with your wife and daughter. Few people die wishing they worked more, and decompressing with the family is important.

But having 100% of the pixels is not advertised either.

They list a resolution, which contains a number of promised pixels.

It’s like with CPU silicon lottery. Some could be Overclocked very high, but some can’t. If you want guaranteed bigger speed buy the higher grade product.

The difference is that a CPU will always perform as advertised. If something is broken, it’s sold as a lesser part without that something. You won’t get a 13600K with one defect core. The defect is hidden in the disabled cores.

With screens, a flaw is always visible, so that strategy doesn’t work. That’s why communicating the class of a screen may not be a bad idea. People know the worst case scenario ahead of time, or can pay more to get better, because a flawless screen does constitute a higher value and production cost in a tangible way.

They’re wrong, though. ISO doesn’t describe an allowable number of dead pixels. It describes bins for defects, and puts screens into classes based on the number of defects.

To be a class I ISO compliant screen, there need to be zero defects. Any defect will mean it’s faulty. A class II screen may contain some defects, though. It really depends on what the manufacturer considers acceptable, and that’s often class II, but that’s a manufacturing decision the customer doesn’t necessarily have to agree with.

Edit: In the 2 weeks window it’s replacable because the user can decide they dont want it. At least in the EU.

Only if you can actually buy another limited edition.

I don’t think it’s unreasonable to expect a fully functioning screen. ISO standards exist for a reason, but at the same time they shouldn’t be hidden behind. They’re not some universal truth, just a (manufacturing) standard.

If manufacturers want to bin screens more efficiently, and there’s a lot to be said for that in terms of economics and environmental impact, that’s fine, but they should be up front about what to expect. It being hidden in the terms and conditions somewhere what they consider a good enough screen isn’t enough.

The Deck is a fairly cost optimized product and this could be one of the trade-offs you make, but it should be clear ahead of time. That way consumers know what they get, and can pick other devices with higher standards if they want, probably at a higher price.

If you’re comfortable with such a thing, open the Deck and look for liquid residue. Take out the button assembly and clean it with IPA or demineralized water. Clean anything else you find. Let it dry thoroughly, reassemble and boot the Deck back up.

It seems to me many people just want to hear they didn’t make a mistake buying the etched version. In reality, it’s a matter of you do you. Who cares about comparative performance? If you’re happy with whatever arrives in the mail, be happy and forget about what anyone else thinks.

With the Deck OLED is nothing wrong, but don’t get yourself in trouble over what’s ultimately a luxury and a toy. Don’t go into debt, don’t take foolish decisions you may regret, don’t waste time if you have other responsibilities.

Fix your shit and buy one once you have the room in your life to do so without repercussions.

It strongly depends on your real world cases. Gaming workload? Temperatures are fine. Rendering workload? A lot higher temperatures, and it depends on your cooler whether that’s fine.

The Management Engine is literally a little embedded computer system with its own OS that manages the operation of your main computer system

Importantly, it has access to parts of your computer even when your computer is turned off. This is why it’s important to keep it up to date.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/05/intels-management-engine-security-hazard-and-users-need-way-disable-it

Hopefully I don’t get downvoted for this but seeing how many people on here genuinely love the new vent smell shocks me. It gave me the most horrific headache.

It can be overpowering the first week or so.

Unfortunately, these articles keep misrepresenting what’s said:

We do think that a Steam Deck 2.0 is necessary. Steam Deck OLED was necessary. We feel like there’s a road map ahead of us.

They feel like there’s a roadmap, which is different from Valve […] has a “road map”.

That’s pretty disappointing, but if they have extra PCIe lanes instead I’m not too disappointed.

They want you to run Windows

Microsoft has been moving away from that course for a while now. They’ve gone from militantly Windows only to supporting whatever they feel drives sales. Windows used to be their breadwinning product. Windows is now just a means to an end, no longer the end game for Microsoft. Their services are what makes them money.

I suspect the Linux market just isn’t large enough for them to support, especially considering the amount of work it would take to make it all work. Depending on how big handhelds get, I can see them doing a more handheld oriented barebones version of Windows, maybe.

The Ally and Go both have their own issues. Games assume they’re running on a regular Windows box, and sometimes this leads to all kinds of weird control or screen fit issues.

Devices intended to run from a battery will always be much more power optimized than their plug-in brethren, and the Deck is no exception. You do, of course, pay the price in terms of perfmance, as it’s a trade-off.