If you look at nearly all reviews of handheld gaming PCs that run Windows, the major problem is Windows itself. So with Valve opening up the door to SteamOS Linux for more devices, it seems HP are interested in jumping in too.
  • partial_accumen@lemmy.worldEnglish
    451·
    6 days ago

    “Your printer is low on magenta.”

    “Fuck you, HP, I’m not printing. I’m playing my Steamdeck”

    “Not without replacing the magenta ink cartridge in your printer, you’re not”

  • Norah (pup/it/she)@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    413·
    6 days ago

    ITT: people that don’t understand that more OEMs ditching Windows for Linux on flagship gaming handhelds is an incredibly good thing for Linux gaming overall, and would instead rather make the same joke over and over about ink cartridges.

    • bisby@lemmy.worldEnglish
      13·
      5 days ago

      My take is that Windows experience sucks so bad that even HP won’t touch it. But “HP sucks” is a very valid point.

      This can go one of two ways:

      • More devices running SteamOS/Linux means more support, and helps Linux
      • HP manages to make a device so bad that it makes SteamOS look bad, and hurts Linux

      The second way shouldn’t even be possible, but never underestimate HP’s ability to make something worse than you thought possible.

      • Norah (pup/it/she)@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        7·
        5 days ago

        I think with your second point, that if SteamOS was being launched with HP as an OEM partner from the start, similar to the way Valve launched the Steam Machines, that it would be a valid worry. But with the Steam Deck being several years old, and HP not even being an original OEM partner with Lenovo just having launched a SteamOS device, that the likelihood of HP fucking things up at this point is incredibly low. Never say never though.

    • JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nlEnglish
      4·
      5 days ago

      Our fucking corporate HP printer requires every single employee to make a separate fucking HP account in order to scan anything on the stupid piece of shit.

      Not to mention in CONSTANTLY freezes and crashes.

      We are replacing it. Fuck HP.

  • Empricorn@feddit.nlEnglish
    241·
    6 days ago

    Someone should tell him they already made a non-Windows handheld experience that doesn’t suck! It’s called the Steam Deck, and it doesn’t nickel and dime you like HP products do…

    • theneverfox@pawb.socialEnglish
      15·
      6 days ago

      Competition is good… Let them compete with the steam deck. Competition is good, even if it just highlights how much better the existing option is

      Lack of competition is why capitalism fails - competition is literally the only good part of capitalism. Cheer it on when it actually happens

  • MemmingenFan923@feddit.orgEnglish
    18·
    6 days ago

    Hello is this HP Support? I have an issue with Cyberpunk. It doesn’t start and when it does it crashes. The error message says no more ink in the yellow cartridge.

    • Arbiter@lemmy.worldEnglish
      12·
      6 days ago

      Hello valued customer, please provide 59.99 a month for your new HP+ Subscription or kindly go fuck yourself.

      -HP Support

      • dryfter@lemm.eeEnglish
        6·
        6 days ago

        Hi HP Support! Thanks for your reply! Does that 59.99 a month include the ink and paper? That’s actually a decent deal if so!

        • Arbiter@lemmy.worldEnglish
          6·
          6 days ago

          Ink and Paper are sold separately, the HP+ Subscription entitles you to general warranty services and premium early access to ink restocks.

  • IceFoxX@lemm.eeEnglish
    13·
    6 days ago

    People mock and make jokes. Of course HP is known for being shit. But don’t people consider that valve also has third part guidelines that directly prevent such shenanigans. After all, valve wants to push Linux and use steam deck + third partie handhelds with certified hardware to ensure that games with anti-cheat at kernel level etc. work without any problems and that publishers can expect a trustworthy system. So that publishers can no longer get away with the bullshit excuse or have one less. I hate HP but all new competitors other than MS are welcome.

    Fortunately, people don’t have to buy it, but it would still have a positive effect just because it would be on the market.