I Purchased a Steam Deck: My Thoughts
Over the last six months or so, I have turned on my desktop PC probably no more than once a week. Part of the reasoning behind this lack of desktop PC use is the summer heat. The Ryzen 9 5900X CPU I have in my desktop runs like a blast furnace sometimes, and I certainly do not want the additional heat when it's already 30+ degrees Celsius. My daily driver has been a MacBook Air M4 base model instead, which has been perfect for writing notes for tabletop RPG sessions and editing the occasional bit of footage for a project that's underway. Jess, my partner, enjoys a handheld experience over a desktop or a console one. So it seemed like a good time to get a Steam Deck. This occurred after seeing my friend and co-host playing Baldur's Gate 3 on his LCD Steam Deck. I was amazed at how well it was running while plugged into a TV. Seeing this made me want to try one out too, so I purchased the 512GB OLED model. Having now been using it for the last few days, I can say that it'...