Disagree with point 2
First because any handheld that doesn’t use Linux is a non-starter
Second because the Surface exists so it can’t be claimed that Windows is a desktop OS
Being a heavy user of the original Nintendo Gameboy and of Sega’s Game Gear, I’m thrilled to see handhelds making a huge comeback. I own the ASUS ROG Ally and it’s sooooo pleasant to use.
That’s the one with better hardware than the Steamdeck, but is shipped with a worse OS, right?
worse OS
Not necessarily worse, it depends how you see it.
Windows lets me run my PC Gamepass for Xbox as well as Steam, retro console emulators, Python IDE etc, out of the box.
However, it doesn’t let me suspend games and it sure is more taxing on the hardware to run.
As I’m not exclusively playing on Steam, the ROG is perfect for my needs.
I don’t use any of the game-rental/pass services, so I hadn’t considered that angle.
I am glad it suits your needs
You can use gamepass streaming on any system that has a Chromium browser
The base performance is the same but worse battery life because of the OS
but it has a performance mode that performs better but even worse battery life then a super performance mode where it has to be plugged in to use
