Comment on Steam Deck as a laptop replacement?
seaQueue@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I mean, yes, you could do this. Is it viable? Sort of, but only while docked - you’re not going to get a lot done on the go on the deck unless you’re carrying a portable monitor, mouse and keyboard and at that point you’re carrying more than a laptop around.
Personally I really like my 16in screen on my work+games laptop and it has much better performance and cooling than the steam deck. If I had to pick just one it’d probably be the laptop.
But yeah, knock yourself out, it’s probably a fun project if nothing else.
Zelaf@sopuli.xyz 9 months ago
I’m thinking it’ll probably be way better for sustainability as well. Since I do need the performance I do and the Deck hits that performance within a good margin having to spend €12000 on a laptop with good build quality and good specs just for it to break or have some shit happen to it after the warranty is out feels like shit. So I’m thinking because the setup is semi-modular and each of the part of the setup isn’t super expensive it can still be worth it in the long-ish run. My steam deck break? I buy a new part from ifixit. The monitor breaks? Worst case scenario I can get a new one and possibly an upgrade since this market is new and moving. Keyboard and mouse breaks? Easy to replace that too.
Downside of course being the clunkiness of having to carry around all that and the time spent setting it up rather than just getting the laptop up and fold it up.