Quoting: Brokatt

Quoting: sarmadWhy would a game with no online competitive mode need an anti-cheat? Sounds dumb to me.

Your statement is a little naive. The first Helldivers had no anti-cheat and they had huge problems with cheaters. People unlocking infinite resources for themselves and also everyone they played with, thus ruining the progression for a lot of people.

Can you clarify? How would unlocking infinite resources for yourself affect someone else? If they are not playing in your game they shouldn't be affected, and if they are playing with you they should already know you and they can simply not play with you if you are a loser who can't play without cheats. It's not like you are playing competitive and your rating would be affected by losing to someone who is cheating. Am I missing something?

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This is pretty interesting specs. I think the main advantage this has over the Steam Deck is the smaller form factor. It has better specs than the Steam Deck but that could be a negative thing depending on its effect on battery life. On the other hand Steam Deck gets many advantages over this including OLED screen, OS features for managing performance, and potentially longer battery life. So, I think it's gonna be a tough competition, but I wish them success.

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Why would a game with no online competitive mode need an anti-cheat? Sounds dumb to me.

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Quoting: JuliusOdd screen resolution choice. Probably not the best for overall performance.

But still... depending on the price this might be an interesting Steam Deck competitor.

I second that. They should've stuck with 1280x800 to guarantee higher frame rate or longer battery life. On a 7" screen 800p resolution should be enough given the constrained processing power.

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Sounds like they are going in the other direction and targetting lower prices rather than fancier spec sheet. That's smart if they manage to bring the price down to something below the price of Steam Deck.

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lovely

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So, never. Because by the time Steam Deck is in the hands of tens of millions, Fortnite will have been forgotten by players anyway.
Get back to playing CS2, folks.

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Quoting: Tuxee

Quotea fingerprint sensor (although that only apparently works on Windows)

Selling a dedicated Linux laptop with customized Ubuntu distro and having a non-working peripheral? That's pretty lame, because there are plenty of fingerprint readers that work. On both my Lenovos they worked OOTB and even on my old HP EliteBook you could get it to work with some tinkering (and we are talking about 16.04 Ubuntu).

Are fingerprint readers useful anyway? I'm pretty sure someone getting a hold of your laptop can easily find your finger prints all over the device, so can't they simply copy it and unlock the device.

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Lovely.

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Quoting: MohandevirWow! Awesome!

Can we expect the ram speed boost to give a couple of additional fps?

Yes, just a couple. Digital Foundry did a review of the unit and confirmed this.

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