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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!

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[–] radiouser@crazypeople.online 7 points 3 months ago (2 children)

If you're into cosmetics the only way (that I'm aware of) to get the fancy Steam profile stuff and special keyboards is to buy the 1TB version. If you're interested in customising your Deck with themes, intro videos and the like the 1TB version is the way forward as space gets eaten up quickly.

It's worth buying a screen protector and a small, fine paintbrush to dust out the grooves and vents.

Enjoy your Deck!

[–] ook@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Maybe there are more keyboards that I don't know about but I got the 512 GB OLED version and was able to get all kinds of useless profile things and also keyboard skins, marked as Steamdeck exclusive.

[–] radiouser@crazypeople.online 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

If that is the case I could very well have misunderstood; my partner bought the 512GB and (as far as I know) didn't receive the special profile, keyboards or intro video. Maybe they simply haven't claimed them.

edit: we just checked and they did NOT receive any bonus profile flair, keyboard layouts etc... My original comment seems to be correct.

[–] ook@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 3 months ago

I do remember you have to go somewhere in the settings around keyboards and startup movies to be able to claim them. I am not sure you could just claim them in the actual points shop.

[–] Olhonestjim@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

It's also fairly simple to replace the lowest capacity drive with a 2TB.