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[–] 1brokeguy@aussie.zone 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Is running windows os on these devices is a lot of resource overhead?

[–] ares35@kbin.social 23 points 1 year ago

windows can be tuned to run fairly well, but we're talking lenovo here, and they do love their preinstalled crapware.

[–] Fylkir@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The bigger problem with Windows is that the Steamdeck has some great battery optimization settings that seem like they'd be a pain to implement.

[–] Alto@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Plus windows just kinda sucks to use with these sorts of devices

[–] superkret@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

MS tried to make a Windows that doesn't suck on mobile devices, everyone h8ed it.

[–] Alto@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Tends to happen when you abandon desktop usability in favor of mobile usability

Plus windows just kinda sucks to use ~~with these sorts of devices~~

FTFY

These devices are honestly quite fast, the overhead is similar to the overhead on an entry level gaming PC (to be fair, that is still a substantial overhead, but people accept it)