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The WAN Show

I Have MORE to Say About Steam Deck - WAN Show August 6, 2021

The WAN Show

Linus Tech Tips

News Commentary, Tech News, News

4.81.3K Ratings

🗓️ 9 August 2021

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Summary

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[0:00] Chapters.

[1:35] Intro.

[2:10] Topic #1: Valve's Steam Deck.

   3:25  Steam Deck is a Linux PC.

   5:49  Hardware specs.

   10:41  The Deck's screen.

   17:26  Comments on LTT's video.

   22:53  Valve's dedication.

   29:39  Ergonomics, buttons and joystick.

   37:31  Aggressive pricing.

[44:38] Topic #2: Apple scans devices for CSAM.

   47:31  Issues with monitoring privacy.

   49:07  Possible exploitation.

[51:38] Sponsors.

   51:47  Freshbooks Accounting.

   52:53  Ridge Wallet.

   54:00  Squarespace Website Creator.

[54:56] Topic #3: Activision's Blizzard.

   55:14  Blizzard's President resigns.

   56:24  Shareholders are suing too.

[1:02:42] Topic #4: Do NOT buy from KWEST.

   1:03:58  KWEST's "reasons" for not shipping orders.

   1:05:07  Fake FDA, links and phone number.

[1:05:41] LTTstore merch.

[1:08:22] Topic #5: New TPM hacked within 30 minutes.

[1:11:09] Topic #6: Corsair's DDR5 modules needs cooling.

[1:14:45] Superchats.

[1:26:04] Wrapping up.

[1:26:22] Outro.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Well, and we're live. Welcome to the show, ladies and gentlemen. We've got a fantastic show lined

0:10.6

up for you today. I went to visit Valve. I mean, we went from four years having no relationship

0:17.3

with Valve whatsoever to all of a sudden, I am hanging out at Valve headquarters, getting an

0:24.6

early look at what I think is going to be the hottest computer hardware release of the year,

0:31.1

the Steam Deck. So I'm going to be giving you guys more of, like, behind the scenes. I'll talk

0:36.4

about what it was like, because in that video, I had to be laser focused on making a video.

0:43.9

Yeah. So, you know, we'll, we'll, we can talk through some of your guys' questions. I'm sure Luke

0:48.6

has some questions. Did you watch the video? I did. You did. Okay, perfect. Yeah. So we're, we're going

0:53.1

to chat Steam Deck. We've also got, this is a pretty big news item today. Apple has plans to scan

1:01.8

photos on your device for child abuse material. What this means for privacy in the future remains to

1:11.0

be seen. What else we got today, Luke? We have more Blizzard news. Oh, no. Basically, everything's

1:17.5

horrible and it continues to be horrible. I don't think we've heard anything yet so far that has like

1:22.0

alleviated any issues with the, with the general situation. And also don't buy GPUs from Quest.

1:30.8

Okay. They're on a quest to take your money and run. Hey, God, I'm, let's roll that intro.

1:36.9

Don't give them the quest reward. Okay. Jeez.

1:52.0

And the show is brought to you today. Bye.

2:01.7

Fresh Moops, Ridge Wallet and Squarespace. Thanks so much, you guys.

2:08.3

Okay. What was the headliner? What did you start with? Let's talk about the Steam Deck, shall we?

2:13.6

Ah, nice. Okay. Let's talk about the Steam Deck. There is a lot to go over. So for those of you

2:19.3

who missed the video that went up today, I watched it. Most of you watched it, but here is kind

2:25.4

of the, the speeds and feeds in a, in a slowed down, a little bit more digestible fashion because

2:33.1

I was going. I was going a million miles a minute and I didn't really have a choice because

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