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[–] random_character_a@lemmy.world 23 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (5 children)

So much good hardware, but lazy obsession to enshittify them with Windows.

[–] Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 9 points 5 months ago

Some of that reflects poorly on the hardware too. With a few exceptions, they've shipped a mouse-based operating system on hardware that lacks a good way to control a mouse. If they know that the hardware is running windows ahead of time, wouldn't it make sense to give users some good options for using windows?

There's also more obvious hardware issues like the ROG Ally burning up MicroSD cards.

[–] Mwa@thelemmy.club 5 points 5 months ago

So much good hardware, but lazy obsession to enshittify them with Windows.

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[–] Kedly@lemm.ee 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

NONE of them have the dual touchpads the steamdeck has either. Fucking seriously... Even if having to deal with windows wasnt a dealbreaker for me, having only thumbsticks to control a computer with is a hard pass for me

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Other companies are fools for not almost directly copying the steamdecks control scheme, it should be a standard, that is what the deck is, a standard setter.

[–] Kedly@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago

It really is mind boggling that they are attempting to compete first mover bonus with inferior products (I'm aware GPD was doing this for YEARS before Steam moved in, but Steam is like apple moving into a product category)

[–] Grimpen@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I think the Windows thing is spot on. You're going to be using a handheld gaming device for gaming mostly (if not entirely). You don't need to run Excel.

I think the justification for Windows on a gaming device though is kernel level anti-cheat. The problem is that you are chasing a pretty select audience. People who will play one of those games on a handheld, and will also only buy a handheld that can pay those games. Also won't install Windows on a Deck either.


An aside, I probably use Desktop mode more than average, and I have LibreOffice installed on my deck. Jokes on Microsoft though, I've been using Linux primarily for ages anyways, so I don't even need Windows for that.

[–] random_character_a@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Only reason I have overclocked Raspberry Pi 400 for net, office and bank stuff are those shitty spyware anti-cheats. This way I don't have to worry what kind of monstrosities are installed on my deck, because it's only used for gaming, but you are right, you can manage with just the deck, unless you need some high end proprietary windows software for your self-employed work.

[–] gh0stcassette@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

They're all still amd64 tho, so it's fairly trivial to install linux on them. For the full Steam Deck experience you could get one of those SteamOS isos or just configure it to launch the steam console UI inside gamescope at boot