Steam beta hardware ready to ship, SteamOS downloadable Friday
 

Valve has announced that the first Steam consoles will leave the factory on Friday. The systems are going to 300 Steam users selected to participate in the initial beta test. Each of those lucky folks will get to play with not only a custom-built PC running SteamOS, but also a unique controller that has dual touchpads instead of analog sticks.

http://techreport.com/news/25756/ste...oadable-friday