Tariffs, component volatility, and Valve’s tolerance for losses all lead to uncertainty.

The title is a bit misleading, as the article lists diverging analysts’ opinions, ranging from Valve willing to sell at a loss or low margins, to high prices due to RAM and SSD price volatility.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blackeco.com/post/2330473

  • real_squids@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    3 hours ago

    PC builders aren’t interested in prebuilts. If this provides 90% of the experience of a prebuilt at 50% of the price, it makes sense. We don’t know the actual percentages yet but you get the idea hopefully.

    My point was that many prebuilts are so shit, that it’s easy to make a comparatively good product. I mean ffs some of them don’t even run their CPUs and RAM at advertised speeds.

    Laptops are a completely different breed that this thing isn’t gonna compete with, not at 800 bucks, not at 200.