News Rare Steam Deck prototype sold for $2,000 on eBay — Features a 6-year-old AMD Picasso APU with Zen+ and Vega

[Admin]

A Steam Deck prototype has seemingly been sold for $2,000 on eBay, shown to feature different silicon than the retail units we have today.

Rare Steam Deck prototype sold for $2,000 on eBay — Features a 6-year-old AMD Picasso APU with Zen+ and Vega : Read more

 

[ezst036]

and what appears to be some sort of snesor on the right joystick.

..... Super Nintendo, or?

Misspelling aside, talk of the Steam Deck reminds me how exciting it will be to see the final public/general release for SteamOS 3.7/3.8.

 

[Giroro]

"The back cover is stamped with a sticker that screams "Not for resale" — which clearly proved tobe no obstacle for the seller."

Hey buddy, how'd you type that em dash?

I mean, I already know how, and have pointed it out to various people — amazingly enough people noticed that WaPo published an article about it.

 

[passivecool]

Sounds like a good deal compared to a bored ape nft.

 

[passivecool]

Hey buddy, how'd you type that em dash?

=ALT+0150

 

[Giroro]

=ALT+0150

Thorn is alt+0222—But Þat doesn't mean a real human has typed it since keyboards replaced Þe printing press.


CORRECTION: Thorn went obsolete with movable type, which is why "ye" was ever a thing.

 

[Notton]

If you have an IME installed, - can be converted ー , — etc.

A test product"Not for resale" usually has some kind contractual obligation for the first owner.
Usually there is some kind of timeline of when you can get rid of it.

Which someone who finds it in a dump doesn't have to follow.
That's how LTT got their Larrabee card.

And how people randomly find some amazing historical prototypes/schematics/etc in a storage shed they were cleaning out for the original deceased owner.
That's how the prototype SNES/Playstation was found.