Alright, so there’s this guy, Michaelthatsit, who just went wild with his Steam Deck, right? Since this console came out, folks have been going nuts with mods—like the “Steam Brick” and some other 32GB RAM upgrade thing. But Michael’s got this quirky creation called the Bento. Honestly, I can’t stop thinking about it. It’s basically the guts of a Steam Deck shoved under an Apple Magic keyboard. I know, right? Who even thinks of this stuff?
Anyway—oh wait, did I mention the keyboard thing?—so he kinda transformed this Deck into a mobile SteamOS rig with a keyboard. Now, here’s the kicker: He uses these Type-C display glasses instead of a regular screen. It’s like, hello future! He pulled out the Steam Deck’s brain—yeah, the motherboard and all that techy jazz—from its cozy little shell and tucked it under this keyboard.
The whole setup has two parts—like, one’s got the battery and fan stuff (with vents to keep things cool, not that I’d know why it matters) and the other’s kinda like a storage pocket. I saw this one pic on Reddit where he stashed a Type-C USB hub there. It snugly fits under the keyboard like they were made for each other. Pretty neat, huh? Although, it’s in its early stages, so things aren’t perfect yet. No mouse controls! Can you believe it? Michael’s planning to fix that in the next version, or so he says.
But hey, it just shows how much you can twist and turn hardware like the Steam Deck. If you’re into tinkering—or just really like SteamOS—this might tickle your fancy. Michael’s like the poster child for geeky innovation. I gotta say, I’m half tempted to try something similar, though I’d probably end up with tech all over the floor…