Well you may be right and Valve may only be aiming to support some of the already-existing handhelds out there that are ARM based.

Valve does know how to play the long game on support, so time will tell.

I could see a budget Deck with an ARM processor, but I still doubt the flagship model wouldn’t be x86-64

Did you check the Discover store?

Also, Steam Link is another easy option for remote control.

Edit: https://www.gamesinhand.com/post/use-your-phone-to-control-your-steam-deck

He’s a Goder. Like a Witcher but for the heavens.

I agree this is a discussion worth having. You shouldn’t have been downvoted just because you’re proposing we talk about a thing without advocating for it (necessarily). It’s also okay to play devil’s advocate with the discussion, as I think you’re doing here.

The issue I have with a kernel level anti-cheat is that even with those anti-cheat measures, cheating is still happening. Why then allow such invasive software on my machine? It’s a major reason why I don’t like to play multiplayer online with strangers (though my strong introversion actually explains that preference better).

But just because that’s my preference doesn’t mean I think that the option shouldn’t exist. I just don’t want it forced upon me. FOSS should be about choice. If I want those choices taken away, there is always Windows.

Home theater PC

We suffered for our gaming back then

I noticed and appreciated that weight reduction too. As a gamer who started with the Mattel Electronics IntelliVision, my hands are now less forgiving of stress than they used to be.

Nice

Make sure your controller’s firmware is updated. I’ve seen a fair number of complaints about getting a DualSense working outside of a PS5 where the owner never updated the controller.

I hope you enjoy it! I had a LCD model that I loved enough to upgrade to the OLED. I never get tired of playing it.

I haven’t actually benchmarked this, but I believe Dead Cells is pretty battery life friendly.

Let me tell you that as someone who lays on their back while playing, I truly hate charging points on the bottom. If I’m not exactly mobile, I’m plugged into a charger because why waste battery life? Having that port on the bottom makes relaxing comfortably much harder.

Doesn’t sound like Clonezilla would be a great option then. The keyboard is necessary for that as it will be how you navigate menus and input your clone image name.

You can use the Steam Link App from your computer to help manage desktop work, assuming it works on Mac. It would allow you to have a keyboard to use on it remotely.

What I think you’ll really want to do is to grab a copy of your user’s home folder, which IIRC will also have all your Steam Library games. Once you get your external drive, this should be easy enough.

I would setup the external drive with Clonezilla and take a drive image of the internal Steam Deck drive. That will preserve everything and it will restore everything once you get the Deck back from Valve. I did a Clonezilla image when I upgraded my internal drive, and it worked out great.

Oh you’re not going to do the thing you then proceeded to do? Okay. How long did it take you to attempt a recovery from not being able to read the info in your last link?

Maybe just fuck off.

That’s not the case, and you didn’t read what you linked. I’m also a professional system admin with decades of experience on Windows and Linux, so we can keep arguing if you’d like, but I’m not going to accept that Windows is as you’re saying when I know better.

What that link says is that I can delay the updates by a week on Windows 10, but then am forced to update after that. I can also set active hours, but the system will still force the updates and reboot the computer.

Linux can update without forcing a reboot until I’m ready. It also never has a “Updates Applying” screen that locks me from using it. And, in fact, most updates don’t require a reboot and the kernel can be setup for live updates that almost never require one to begin with.

Steam’s updates don’t prevent me from using my PC, force me to run updates on their schedule or even require me to reboot when I’m not ready.

The important difference is that’s on my schedule when I want it to happen.

For instance, having to deal with desktop Windows’ BS. Oh, you wanted to play games? Well we have to take over your Steam Deck and install updates for the next 20 minutes.