I’ve been on the fence for a while thinking about getting myself a steam deck. I got a great gaming computer and I’m wondering if it can possible accompany it in some way, or is it just the excitement of getting new tech kicking in.
What do you do with your steam deck? What makes you glad that you got it?
Honestly, the Steam Deck is my favourite bit of tech that I’ve bought in a long time. For one thing, my SO has a Switch, so now we can both game on the couch together instead of sitting across the room. But also, between Steam, being able to run Epic and GOG through Heroic Launcher, and being able to emulate all the consoles I grew up with, it’s like having my entire gaming history all in one portable device. Plus it’s amazing for travel.
Also being familiar with Linux, in Desktop Mode it’s just a regular Linux PC, so with a bluetooth mouse & keyboard and a dock/monitor (and maybe a bigger hard drive) I genuinely think I could probably get away with just using it as my daily driver PC if I really had to.
I can attest to this. Went on a trip and used a Bluetooth keyboard and Desktop mode to get some minor work done at the hotel. Didn’t even bother with a mouse, as the touchpads were good enough, though I did have a USB-C hub so I could plug-in USB drives. But the Web Browser, LibreOffice, and a VPN to my home/work networks let’s a lot of stuff get done.
One day I’ll replace my laptop with this… Makes so much sense
Honestly, though, if you’re putting a mouse, keyboard, dock, monitor, and hard drive on it, you’re kind of building yourself a laptop at that point…
But it’s a laptop that you can switch to a portable whenever you need to!