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What an uninspiring name! (with unfortunate mispronunciations). Looks very interesting though, price point (starting at £349) seems very competitive.



The closest competitor to this is called the switch. Other competing products are called a station and a box.


Steam Deck just doesn't seem to roll off the tongue, maybe it will grow on me.


Sticking with the ship metaphors, it was better than Poop Deck.


It’s a term used a lot already for DIY’d portable computers in a kind of cyberpunk aesthetic, apparently from the game series Shadowrun

https://hackaday.com/tag/cyberdeck/

https://www.reddit.com/r/cyberDeck/

https://shadowrun.fandom.com/wiki/Cyberdeck


I mean, yes, but isn't Neuromancer where the term was born?


I’m ignorant ! Had seen the diy decks and just tried googling for the etymology


Not a William Gibson fan I take it - I heartily recommend you read Neuromancer if you enjoyed the Matrix / any cyberpunk at all.


I'd like to believe they named it that simply so kids could pull a "My Deck is bigger than yours!".


> "My Deck is bigger than yours!"

Ah, the rallying cry of EDH/Commander players everywhere.




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