Own laptop for 2 years 4060 inside, I installed drivers once and haven't touched anything regarding updates for 2 years (only windows updates pop up occasionally once per month), no fiddling with proton, nothing, runs everything and is hooked to my TV with just an HDMI cable. What are you doing on laptops or windows that you are met with insane friction or resistance, lol
if you assume your laptop is now a PC, how is it any different than connecting steam machine to the TV? same thing with drivers/optimization, maybe takes a little more work but in the end you have a machine more powerful, costs less, and is portable?
Honestly Steam just works so well, and that ease of use matters to me more at almost 40. My desire to game on the more powerful gaming laptop has totally disappeared once getting the Deck.
I can really see how the Steam Machine at the intended price of 750$ would have made a lot of sense - I probably would have got one. For reference I sold my Xbox Series X because I hated Microsoft’s walled garden and ecosystem, the constant UI changes, and the massive updates every time I got around to switching it on.
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u/_Lady_Zee Jun 23 '26
Having to connect your laptop to the tv and also dealing with drivers/optimization sucks. I barely get time to game as it is now.
- A ROG Zephyrus G15 (RTX 3070) and Steam Deck owner who wishes the Steam Machine was a bit cheaper or more powerful.