Apple Magic Keyboard Transformed into Portable Gaming PC with Steam Deck Internals

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You ever find yourself going down a rabbit hole and popping out somewhere you didn’t expect? That’s kind of what happened with this crazy Steam Deck modding story, featuring a dude on Reddit — Michaelthatsit, if we’re being official — who turned his Steam Deck into a keyboard. Yup, a keyboard. Calls it “Bento.” Why “Bento”? Beats me, but here we are.

Picture this: the Steam Deck’s guts ripped out and slapped inside a custom 3D-printed case under an Apple Magic keyboard. It’s like a Frankenstein of gaming tech. Michael had this idea scrolling through Reddit one day, and boom, now he’s made a desktop system that’s about as mobile as they come. He’s even using these funky Type-C-powered display glasses instead of a regular screen. Who even thinks of that?

The crafting bit — oh boy, that’s something. Michael had to strip the Deck, pull out the motherboard, and shove everything into two chambers in the new case. This mad contraption even has vents to keep that AMD chip cool — you know, the one with a name that sounds like it belongs to an artist: Van Gogh APU. Yeah, really! And that right chamber? Just an extra pocket for whatever tech goodies he fancies. Right now, he’s chucking in a USB hub. Why not?

Now, if it sounds a bit underbaked, it’s ’cause it kinda is. He ran into a hiccup — his 3D printer’s too small to print the case in one go, so he had to make it in pieces. And there’s another snag: no mouse! It’s like selling a car without wheels. He’s dreaming up ways to fix all that jazz with a single-piece clamshell and mouse controls next time round.

But hey, let’s not downplay the coolness here. Michael’s really showing what the Steam Deck can do if you’ve got a few bonkers ideas. Anyone who digs SteamOS for its PC-like vibes is probably drooling over this.

Anyway, if you’re into following tech twists and turns, maybe consider keeping tabs on ol’ Tom’s Hardware. They sling updates faster than you can say “random Steam Deck keyboard mod.”

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