Before you go down to type out your replies, I just want to mention something… I have a school computer. And this means that I could have the benefits of a gaming laptop by using the school computer for laptop things, and a steam deck for gaming. But there’s a few things that I worry about
- The advantage with the gaming laptop in my opinion, is that you have access to things like OneDrive, which would allow you to transfer files to your games easier than I think it would be with the regular laptop and the steam deck.
- On the holidays i’m not really able to access the laptop as it is given to the school, so what will I do then when I need to use something in place on my laptop, Will the steam deck be able to use things like notepad and OneDrive that well? Please help, this has been bothering me for months
If the Steam Deck was Windows I’d have said give it a go but it’s Linnux & I know I won’t be earning myself any favours saying this, you just can’t do on Linnux what you can on Windows (using the apps & tools you mention for instance)
Yes there’s productivity apps out there but they are NOT what companies, businesses & your school are using.
So decide for yourself, a laptop would be faster (depending on spec obvs) for playing the same games & it will do whatever you want or your school wants you to do.