$749
Windows
Done, I’ve read enough.
Don’t forget,
Intel integrated graphics
Are they that much better than AMD?
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Stupid name, stupid price.
“7 days of FREE Ubisoft +” is the most failed attempt by MSI to hide they earn something by pre-installing Ubisoft’s bloatware and (wishfully) get some money from some sort of install/link referral scheme.
Manufacturers keep coming up with “competitors”, but don’t even attempt to compete with SteamOS and just slap Windows on it and do like the bare minimum and just leaves it to the user to deal with Windows and get their games to work.
The Deck’s UX is good because you download your games, hit play, they launch, you play, and move on with your life. It’s reproducible, it’s reliable, no bullshit, works exactly the same on everyone’s Deck. That’s definitely not the Windows experience even when you try.
The Deck’s magic is that it’s all the freedom of a PC, with the experience of a console. This is just a handheld PC with minimal effort put into it.
it will fail lol.
I honestly wonder why the Claw looks so much like an Ally, down to the screen type, logo placement, and button placement.
Some of the edges and angles are completely different, but hold these at a distance and you could probably mistake it for a black Ally
Not interested in this one specifically, but I’m stoked that this device category is taking off. Can’t wait to see what’s available in a few years as manufacturers figure out what works/doesn’t work.
What distro is it based on?
If I bought this I’d slap Bazzite on it as soon as it becomes supported.
Is that the bottles one or the egg roll one?
Not sure I get it 🤔
The Bottles team and the Eggroll team (wine implementations) both made gaming focused distros
Ah… hmm no idea.
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Suppose this thing succeeds wildly. It sells a hundred million copies, they become a world-bestriding colossus.
It’s now a competitor to Microsoft, running Microsoft software.
That’s not a good place to be. I think this thing is dead as a concept.
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Xbox
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That’s fair, I pictured it as more a home system.
That said though:
Cool but look how far gaming on linux has come in the past decade. If we keep voting with our wallets we will no longer have a PC gaming monopoly. I strongly dislike using windows, 7 was the last one I liked. To boot to windows to play games sucks, which is why I’m so glad Linux is getting a lot more attention lately. For my setup, Elden Ring actually work better under Arch Linux than Windows. I hope Valve releases a new steam deck in the next 5 years and it’s just as much of a success as the first one. I want this trend to continue.
