{"id":25117,"date":"2025-01-13T01:08:07","date_gmt":"2025-01-13T01:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/apple-2\/michael-tsai-blog-steamos-expands-past-the-steam-deck\/"},"modified":"2025-01-13T01:08:07","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T01:08:07","slug":"michael-tsai-blog-steamos-expands-past-the-steam-deck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=25117","title":{"rendered":"Michael Tsai – Blog – SteamOS Expands Past the Steam Deck"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Michael Crider<\/a> (Hacker News<\/a>):<\/p>\n

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The big story in PC gaming for the last three years has been the Steam Deck. This low-power, portable, relatively inexpensive machine is clearly something the market has been waiting for, exciting gamers and energizing PC makers to pump out imitators, like the Asus ROG Ally and the Lenovo Legion Go. <\/p>\n

But all of these machines lack a crucial component, despite copying the Steam Deck\u2019s hardware to a greater or lesser degree. They rely on Windows, as do almost all consumer PCs not made by Apple. And Windows just isn\u2019t a good experience<\/a> in this form factor.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Kyle Orland<\/a> (Hacker News<\/a>):<\/p>\n

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Almost exactly a year ago, we were publicly yearning<\/a> for the day when more portable gaming PC makers could ditch Windows in favor of SteamOS (without having to resort to touchy unofficial workarounds<\/a>). Now, that day has finally come, with Lenovo announcing<\/a> the upcoming Legion Go S as the first non-Valve handheld to come with an officially licensed copy of SteamOS preinstalled. And Valve promises that it will soon ship a beta version of SteamOS for users to \u201cdownload and test themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The lack of a Windows license seems to contribute to a lower starting cost for the \u201cPowered by SteamOS\u201d edition of the Legion Go S, which will start at $500 when it\u2019s made available in May. Lenovo says the Windows edition of the device\u2014available starting this month\u2014will start at $730, with \u201cadditional configurations\u201d available in May starting as low as $600.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Game<\/a> Linux<\/a> Steam<\/a> SteamOS<\/a> Valve<\/a> Windows<\/a> Windows 11<\/a><\/p>\n

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