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A chat on subreddit /r/pcmasterrace
human
perhaps a redundant question but is the steam deck good, or may i as well stick with the decent laptop i have? i sorta glossed past its existence when it came out so i dont have a clue on its performance
gpt
I have both, and a desktop. Different use cases. Imo, the steam deck doesn't replace a laptop. Some people will disagree as apparently it has even replaced their desktop. And depending on how you use your equipment that could totally work for you, nothing wrong with that. Replacing a laptop with it could be even harder. There are games that are really hard to be played on such a small screen. CSGO is an example, pretty much anything competitive. Even rocket league. It's not that you can't play them, but man is it ever a challenge. If I'm playing Rocket League on my steam deck, I'm at least a full rank below. At least. 

The laptop screen size doesn't have the same issue. It runs windows, some games are really hard to play on Linux. (Yes you can install Windows on the steam deck instead, but you also need to grab all the drivers for it and it does have issues) laptop has more power and(well I guess that depends on what you got) has more real world use cases. I'm not about to take job notes on a steam deck, or pull that thing out during any "professional" meetings. 

What I use the steam deck for is the in-between times. I'm on break and don't want to take my laptop out, plug it in, hook up my controller, exc. And I got a packet all back away. 30 minute lunch = steam deck for sure. And sometimes I just don't want to sit at my desk and lay in bed. The deck is great for this kinda stuff. Super portable. But it does have its limits. That being said, If you're not really into AAA games on with high fps it could replace your other PCs. It really does depend on how you use your machines, when, and what you do. Having all three and how I use my equipment, it would not be able to replace anything but rather it's an awesome addition. 

Edit, Price to performance on the deck is really incredible. Just buy the 64Gb and get your own m.2, that what a lot of ppl are doing. I got the 512, The only difference is the case and an anti-glare coating. If I could go back I would get the 64 GB model instead, replace the m.2, and the screen coating is totally unnecessary and You lose some of the sharpness and crisp (crispness, that a word?) of the picture. You're not going to be playing this thing in the direct sun anyways, It's better without it.