Valve having dual-boot support high on their list for SteamOS updates is honestly crazy and most companies would not be this open with doing this I feel like

  • JulPollitt@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    They way theyve handled everything with Steam Deck so far has actually accidentally coerced me into switching over from a main console player to a main pc player. Idk even know when it really happened, one day I’m a sony pony and everything i buy is on PS5, then my steam deck shows up and in a blink of an eye a few years pass and I have a fully decked out gaming pc and I’m buying everything on steam. Like wtf happened.

    • Maximus-Wallis@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      I got a deck a couple months ago and it’s the bundles and sales that have got me. Now my steam library is bigger than my Xbox library. Bank account suffering but I CAN’T MISS THIS DEAL

    • coldflowers17@alien.topOPBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      probably already started alongside the OLED but is just still deep in development while Valve waits for AMD to make some leaps in computing

      they know that SD2 should probably try to have 60fps as the frame target and theres just not an APU that can do that at the same low TDP that SD1 goes for 30fps

  • WeeMentalJo@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Been considering dual booting but I’ve put it off as I have no idea who to do it, if there’s an official way of doing so coming down the line then that’s a bonus for people like me who don’t like the risk of messing with their device to much.

  • St0rmer66@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I don’t even mind too much if Windows performance isn’t perfect, just having a nice easy way to install it without using workarounds etc would still be nice. A new driver every now and again for the APU would be good though.

    • Falconman21@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      As someone who dual boots currently, performance is pretty much on par with SteamOS. Performance is not an issue.

      Also, the current dual boot setup process is literally exactly the same as on any other laptop or desktop. Sort out partitions, startup to BIOS, boot to installation media, install. Literally no workarounds involved, it’s a bog standard standard dual boot process.

      But baked in partition resizing and bootloader for easier switching would certainly make the whole process easier.