Hey, I’m thinking of upgrading from my old work laptop (which isn’t really built for gaming at all, but is great for productivity), and I was eyeing either an OLED steam deck or a more powerful laptop that I could bring with me and use on campus away from my home setup. I plan on using linux for either machine, but I was wondering if any of the Steam Deck’s secret sauce or price to performance puts it ahead compared to a Framework or Gaming laptop.
Also, if anyone has experience using a steam deck as a workstation/portable work setup, I would love your input on if it’s a good idea to replace a laptop with a steam deck entirely.
Software dev here. You can definitely use the Steam Deck as a work device if you also use distrobox. I would 100% use my steam deck if it had a bigger HD. My older NUC still works well for now, so personally I see no reason to upgrade the SD’s SSD and switch over. But I have used my SD for work just to see how it is and everything works great; just dock + mouse + keyboard. As it is now, do I want games on my SD or do I want work on there. Obviously I want games on my SD.
But I would also suggest, you go with an inconspicuous laptop. No reason to scare off the ladies with Nerd toys. Everyone says it doesn’t matter, but it does. Better to just fit in on this one.