Isixhumanisi se-Steam senkampani yeValve sibonakala sizoqala ngonyawo lwesokudla emakethe, ngisho lokhu ngoba ukubhuka ngakunye kwalolu hlelo sekuqalile futhi kuyaziwa ukuthi bangaphezulu kokuhle. I-set-top-box kaValve izobiza ngentengo engu- € 54,99 eSpain futhi izovumela ukusakaza noma yimuphi umdlalo kungxenyekazi yeSteam kusuka kwi-PC nge Windows 10 noma iMac ene-OS X 10.10 Yosemite noma eyakamuva.
Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi isesekeli esizinikezele nje kumidlalo, tngokuhambisana okugcwele kwe-Mac. Okuwukuphela kwencazelo engingacabanga ngayo ukuthi iSteam (okudingwa yipulatifomu yokuqashiswa kwegeyimu yevidiyo eku-inthanethi) iyatholakala kuwo womabili amapulatifomu, ngakho-ke ukwethula idivayisi enikezelwe komunye wabo kungaba ukubandlulula ngandlela thile.
Noma kunjalo, ngokomlando ama-Mac abe yinto yesakhamuzi esisezingeni lesibili emhlabeni wemidlalo ye-PC, kepha isimo siye sathuthuka eminyakeni yamuva kanye nasehardware ye-Apple, enganqobeki nakanjani. isabelo semakethe esiphakeme. Leli qiniso laphawuleka kakhulu ngo-2010, lapho lisungulwa Intuthu ku-Mac futhi yavumela ukudlala kwepulatifomu ngokumelene nabasebenzisi be-PC kuWindows.
Mayelana nokusebenza kwemishini, iValve incoma ngokuqinile ukuthi abasebenzisi sebenzisa i-network-based network system ukusakaza umdlalo, ngoba ukungazinzi okungenziwa inethiwekhi engenantambo kwezinye izimo kungenza ulwazi lomsebenzisi lungabi luhle ngendlela obekungafiswa ngayo.
Ngaphandle kwalesi sixhumanisi se-Steam, eValve basakholelwa ukuthi ikusasa lokudlala lizodlula ngemishini ye-steam, okusho ukuthi, esikhundleni sokubeka konke ukuphakamisa okunzima kwi-PC ezinikele, imishini ye-steam empeleni ngama-PC wonke-in-one enzelwe ngqo imidlalo eyenziwe ngabakhiqizi abaziwayo njenge-Alienware, Asus, Zotac nabanye, ngaphandle kwalokho bebezoza nayo I-Steam OS njengohlelo olusebenzayo okungelutho ngaphandle kokusatshalaliswa kweLinux okwenziwe yiValve uqobo.
Isixhumanisi se-Steam singagcinwa kuphela ngedivayisi noma singangeza nesilawuli. Ngizohlinzeka nge- okukhipha ividiyo ku-1080p @ 60 fps Ngaphezu kwejubane le-100 Mbit Ethernet, kanye nethuba lokudala amanethiwekhi angenantambo angama-802.11ac, futhi inamachweba amathathu we-USB 2.0, iBluetooth 4.0 ne-HDMI okukhiphayo. Kuzoqala ukudayiswa ngomhlaka 10 Novemba.