Hey, I’m thinking of upgrading from my old work laptop (which isn’t really built for gaming at all, but is great for productivity), and I was eyeing either an OLED steam deck or a more powerful laptop that I could bring with me and use on campus away from my home setup. I plan on using linux for either machine, but I was wondering if any of the Steam Deck’s secret sauce or price to performance puts it ahead compared to a Framework or Gaming laptop.

Also, if anyone has experience using a steam deck as a workstation/portable work setup, I would love your input on if it’s a good idea to replace a laptop with a steam deck entirely.

  • Hello_there@fedia.io
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    18 days ago
    1. Look at your 10-20 most recent games. See how many of them are verified or playable.
      Some ‘playable’ games aren’t workable without a mouse / keyboard - e.g., Dyson sphere program has too many buttons to comfortably map out.
      Fps games are workable for me on deck - but definitely not as good as mouse keyboard.
    2. why can’t you take your desktop with you? That would let you save several hundred. The dorms should still be set up for that.
    • MouldyCat@feddit.ukEnglish
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      18 days ago

      why can’t you take your desktop with you?

      he probably could but carting it around in a shopping trolley and going through the rigmarole of setting it all up in the lecture halls at the start of every lecture gets to be a bit of a ball-ache!

    • Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
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      17 days ago
      1. I did check, every single one of them is verified and playable, luckily.
      2. When I signed up and made the initial payment I was given photos of the room, and it would already be quite cramped before I would set up the desktop inside.