Legion Go is a Steam Deck on Steriods

[Bradly]

Seriously even if you hate Windows, once Valve makes steam os available for all handhelds, you have double the performance with the Steam Deck experience. Sure for the casual gamer the deck is Great but for enthusiast the Legion Go is the way

[Mahjik]

Cool story bro!

[ReBoot]

Originally posted by Bradly:

Seriously even if you hate Windows, once Valve makes steam os available for all handhelds, you have double the performance with the Steam Deck experience. Sure for the casual gamer the deck is Great but for enthusiast the Legion Go is the way

Do I also get double the battery run time or at least the same run time with double the performance? They really should've spent the volume on battery, not rendering power which I can't properly utilize on a train ride anyway,

Also, the Go is a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ chonker. In theory, its detachable "JoyCons" would make it a fantastic impromptu local MP machine. In practice, it's even less mobile than the Deck (which can be a bit of a pain to fit in compact luggage already).

[RedBaronK™]

I prefer steam OS by a mile, that being said if legion go ever uses steam OS and has regular updates, i might take a look, but having only 1 trackpad for me is a serious disadvantage so that's an issue. Asus having 0 trackpads was a huge no for me.

Out of curiosity is the windows on legion go at least a special version that's been debloated or is this the exact same version as the desktop windows loaded with features not really needed on a mobile device?

[Mr Jt (Gog is king)]

In think Windows works pretty well on the Legion Go. If Microsoft f* it up and they went more anti Consumer linux will be the future anyway

[invision2212]

Mere mentioning of another handheld other than the steam deck brings out the fan boys ready to defend until death. It doesn’t matter you own a steam deck yourself and criticize its faults.

As someone who has multiple handhelds, the deck is the least used. I play my android handhelds more than the deck, and if I need more power I use my legion go.

And it’s funny people bringing up battery life. Who is playing these outside? Social interaction is gone and replaced by awkward antisocial people.

[ReBoot]

Originally posted by invision2212:

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And it’s funny people bringing up battery life. Who is playing these outside? Social interaction is gone and replaced by awkward antisocial people.

Yeah, we're all buying a device with a built-in battery, spending money on said battery, to NOT use that battery.

[invision2212]

Originally posted by ReBoot:

Originally posted by invision2212:

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And it’s funny people bringing up battery life. Who is playing these outside? Social interaction is gone and replaced by awkward antisocial people.

Yeah, we're all buying a device with a built-in battery, spending money on said battery, to NOT use that battery.

I would have bought one that had no battery if it was an option.

[Broseph Joseph]

Originally posted by Bradly:

you have double the performance with the Steam Deck experience.

For double the price. Some of us work for a living.

[Haruspex]

Originally posted by Broseph Joseph:

Originally posted by Bradly:

you have double the performance with the Steam Deck experience.

For double the price. Some of us work for a living.

And a fraction of the battery life, especially compared to the Deck OLED.

For the few games I play where more performance is preferable, I'll just play on my desktop.

[Drak3]

Originally posted by invision2212:

Mere mentioning of another handheld other than the steam deck brings out the fan boys ready to defend until death.

No one comes to the Steam Deck discussions for sales pitches on other (worse) products.

Originally posted by invision2212:

It doesn’t matter you own a steam deck yourself and criticize its faults.

It generally helps if you’re criticizing faults that are real, as well as being able to criticize other products honestly.

[Haruspex]

Originally posted by Drak3:

No one comes to the Steam Deck discussions for sales pitches on other (worse) products.

Clearly there's a few who do, sometimes rather persistently. There's a couple of posters I've seen who have been here since the Steam Deck was announced in 2021 who have had nothing but negative things to say about the Deck and only glowing praise and recommendation for any handheld PC that's not the Deck.

I don't personally hang around in Lenovo, Asus, MSI, or Ayaneo discussion areas and talk about how how great the Deck is while dumping all over the respective competing device, but to each their own I suppose.

[Drak3]

Originally posted by Haruspex:

Originally posted by Drak3:

No one comes to the Steam Deck discussions for sales pitches on other (worse) products.

Clearly there's a few who do, sometimes rather persistently. There's a couple of posters I've seen who have been here since the Steam Deck was announced in 2021

There are some people here to GIVE sales pitches, but no one is here for them.

[Drak3]

Originally posted by Bradly:

you have double the performance

As pointed out in the Deck v Go thread, the Z1 Extreme (and by extension, the 7840u) only manages a nominal 50% increase in AVERAGE FPS for a 100% increase in power draw, while FPS lows are not nominally better than the Deck.

That's not double the performance.

[Haruspex]

Originally posted by Drak3:

There are some people here to GIVE sales pitches...

Yeah, that's what I meant.

[Mr Jt (Gog is king)]

To say that the lenovo Go is a worse Product is a huge cope. I have Both and the Go can handle Games way better than the deck. Its a bit heavier thanks to the bigger Screen and stronger Hardware/controllers but you can Travel with it like the deck. The Little difference in weight isnt that much of a deal tbh. Like op said. The Deck is a right pur of the box casual Device meanwhile the Go is a Pocket pc where you can make a lot of tinkering. Both are great devices and Both can appeal to deck Players and Go Players. To say that the deck is a superior Device isnt true and doesnt Even make Sense