First time around with the Steam Machines, like everyone else on planet earth, I had no interest in what I perceived as a pointless device. After getting my Steam Deck and abandoning gaming on a PC for any title that works well on the Deck, I’ve come to greatly value a console-like experience with my Steam Library. Being able to completely avoid the bullshit of Windows has become one of the most appealing aspects of my Deck, although prior to owning one, portability was the only major appeal.
At this point, I’d buy a new Steam Machine right away to be able to achieve that same console-like Steam experience but with more powerful hardware. Paired with the Deck for portability, that setup sounds like a dream come true.
Yeah but it’s still not a Steam Machine because the most important function suspend/resume still won’t be supported when you stream to the Deck. For me, that’s the only thing I need a Steam Machine to do: stream high end games to my Deck with suspend/resume working.