I’ll be waiting for a Z1 Extreme version and steam OS for other things then the steam deck and something like this would be a solid drop in for a PC “Console” for my TV. My steam deck does great but for the games I play on the couch there are maybe a few that just having an extra bump would be perfect for.
You can just look for a mini PC with the Ryzen 7 7840U / Ryzen 7 7840HS / Ryzen 9 7940HS if that’s your goal.
The Z1 Extreme is basically just the 7840U with it’s AI hardware disabled and tuned a little differently for battery life, but on a mini PC that’s not super necessary. And the 7840HS/7940HS both do slightly better in the CPU area. All of them also use the same 780M iGPU too.
I’ll be waiting for a Z1 Extreme version and steam OS for other things then the steam deck and something like this would be a solid drop in for a PC “Console” for my TV. My steam deck does great but for the games I play on the couch there are maybe a few that just having an extra bump would be perfect for.
You can just look for a mini PC with the Ryzen 7 7840U / Ryzen 7 7840HS / Ryzen 9 7940HS if that’s your goal.
The Z1 Extreme is basically just the 7840U with it’s AI hardware disabled and tuned a little differently for battery life, but on a mini PC that’s not super necessary. And the 7840HS/7940HS both do slightly better in the CPU area. All of them also use the same 780M iGPU too.