Hi,
So, I know I went on about getting a Windows laptop, did the whole circuit and ended up just slapping Parallels on my Mac and, you'd hope, job done... Nope. I want more!!
I've been getting into Stardew Valley and found a few other mods, Hades II which doesn't run on Parallels, and some other mods that have slipped my mind.
A really useful resource for all accessible mainstream games is here:
https://gist.github.com/Molitvan/50e3b5060ab9465b1da895155d5c0480
It's rather a gold mine of info and I was delighted to find it. But, what I did realise is, if you want to game on a platform-agnostic system, Windows is the way forward either using Steam in big picture mode or Windows Xbox full-screen experience which is rolling out to make your Windows machine look like and act like an Xbox, presumably in preparation for their upcoming Xbox which will be a pc rather than a locked-in gaming system.
Anyway... All this being said, I'm looking at the Minisforum AI X1 Pro with the rationale that it’s got Optilink if I need a GPU boost in the future, but also has a very respectable iGPU already in there.
I do have concerns though which I'm hoping you Windows people can help with.
BIOS... what do we do about BIOS? Also... Uh, what is BIOS and when might we need to access it?
Can mini PCs, or any pc really, run headless? The specific mini pc I'm looking at has speakers built in so that's great, but, why do we need screens... Come on!
That's it for now. I'm sure I'll have more questions down the line.
Thank you in advance.