Optionally, what would you have wanted to know before you bought one?

Thanks!

Edit: Hey, thank you all very very much for your comments and suggestions, I really appreciate. I will most likely save up more and get the 1TB OLED model rather than the LCD model I was initially planning on. A couple of reasons for that, one, I am not good with electronics and I’d probably screw something up putting a new storage drive in. And two this thing will most likely be a permanent replacement for my old gaming laptop, which at this point is more than 10 years old, and seems to be on its last legs (I installed Linux on it, which was a struggle, but that is probably on me rather than Linux or the computer being at fault).

Anyway, I appreciate everyone’s responses and thanks for helping a gal out!

  • Random_Character_A@lemmy.world
    65·
    3 days ago

    If you are planning to buy steam DOCK, don’t. It has been a complete shitshow.

    Updates fails dozen times before finishing without crashing. Sometimes you need to disconnect power, so it switches to deck power for the update process even start and same trick works, if the dock refuses to see the external displays. Connect power back after it spasms in the right direction.

    30 euro garbage from local supermarket works better.

    • memo@feddit.it
      14·
      3 days ago

      I have to say that the steam dock never gave me a single issue with a constant use since around launch, so your experience may vary.

      • ook@discuss.tchncs.de
        2·
        3 days ago

        Yeah. Same for me. I do have issues from time to time that my monitor isn’t recognized, then I have to disconnect and even switch off power to the display completely before trying again.

        But that happens maybe once every few weeks.