
One of the first Steam Machine prototypes has been detailed and tested by YouTuber Bringus Studios. Unlike pretty much every other Steam Machine prototype and final product, this Xi3-made PC ran Windows instead of the Linux-based SteamOS operating system. The PC, which Xi3 later launched as the Piston, has middling gaming performance according to Bringus Studios' benchmarks, and even in its own time wasn't very fast.