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

Oh man, where do I start? So, this dude, Michael—I swear, people on Reddit never cease to amaze me—decides to take his Steam Deck apart. Like, completely. Guts and all. Why? To make this… thing called the Bento. Imagine merging a console with a keyboard. Sounds pretty wild, right?

Alright, picture this: you’ve got your Steam Deck, but instead of it being, ya know, the thing you just hold and play games on, it’s now tucked inside an Apple Magic keyboard. No joke. Michael went full mad scientist—he ripped out the Steam Deck’s, uh, internals, I guess you’d call them—motherboard? Whatever. Then he squeezed them underneath the keyboard by crafting this custom 3D-printed case. If that’s not quirky DIY at its finest, I dunno what is.

Now, here’s the crazy part that just stuck with me: he didn’t just plop a screen on it. Nope. He uses these Type-C glasses thingamajigs as the display! Imagine looking like you’re in some sci-fi movie while you game.

This Bento contraption is basically two boxes glued together, sorta. One side’s got all the serious stuff—like cooling vents for the AMD APU, which is, uh, necessary because overheating things is bad, I think? The other side? Fancy storage for whatever you wanna throw in there. Need more ports? Toss in a USB hub. Voilà!

Michael’s creation is still a work-in-progress, though—always room for upgrades, just like anything in life, I guess. He’s planning to slap on some mouse controls next. Because what’s a computer without a mouse, seriously?

But hey, it somehow works and gives the Steam Deck a new life, especially if you like your gaming setup looking more like a cybernetic workstation or something. Michael, you’re a genius. Or bonkers. Or maybe both. Honestly, I’m here for it.