Mrs. Noodle just got smaller frames with her new prescription so they’d fit better in the Steam Frame. And a long enough USB-C cable can let you plug in to the wall for indefinite play.

I wasn’t waitlisted. It took me just a few days to get through the reservation queue, apparently.

Took three days to go from list to reservation queue, then another four before getting the green light on placing my order.

The site informed me that shipping would be a bit slow given the volume of orders, and two days later, it’s ostensibly packed and awaiting transfer to the carrier.

The prices are exactly in line with what I expected, but I’m keenly aware of how availability and pricing of computer parts are currently affected by the LLM bubble.

Don’t want to get left behind.

I can speak from actual industry experience: even major players in the hardware space have significant trouble sourcing the quantities they want if their names don’t start with “Samsu” or “App” - and sometimes, even then.

Well, that’ll accomplish one of the goals.

That’s the long-term goal, and I’m fully on board, but how can we work within the system to accomplish this in a five-year timeline?

Honestly, no. Even Apple had to start making their own chips.

To clarify, I’m speaking with decades of industry experience.

Were you trying to say “woe?”

This is exactly the point I was making in my comment. It’s basically impossible to find a supplier that will guarantee a decade lifespan for a nontrivial IC.

Maybe wait a tick until iFixit (or any other reputable source) blesses them.

I’m confident that third-party batteries will come along in short order. I remember the early days when it took a week of research to find a “compatible” SSD replacement; a year later, scads of SKUs were being marketed as such, and at better prices.

How do we get silicon manufacturers to get on board with this concept?

OK. It’s still entirely their fault.

And I bet it could have gone quite smoothly if Dbrand had bothered to contact Valve before making it.

I’d set up an air-gapped test network. Could possibly set up some virtual hosts to emulate part of it, but I’d keep the whole setup isolated as a failsafe.

This is why you test your code, people

Yeah just the one would be great. Two would be fabulous, but I understand if you want to keep one for yourself.

It feels tone-deaf in contrast to the other comments.