My steam deck runs Windows 11 at full speed to take advantage of the xbox game pass. My two surfaces both arm and intel run win 11 at full speed, I dont understand your comment. The one major complaint is that SteamOS sleep is a killer feature, not a day goes by that I do not covet it. Windows sleep does not exist and is left out in reviews but honestly to a regular person is the biggest difference, and is why I can not recommend anything other than steamdeck.
it seems that you didn't understand my comment. What I wanted to highlight is, both AMD CPU's and Linux use up less battery than Intel CPU's and Windows 11 while gaming. Why are you telling me something about "my steam deck runs windows 11 at """full speed"""(?)"? If you check GamersNexus' MSI Claw review, you'll realize that its battery life is pretty bad compared to other handhelds, arguably one of the most important stats of a handheld.
The worst part for me, is it sounds like it has good well thought out software, but the hardware choice crippled them. It sounds like better specs but the steamdeck (proud owner) was made on the cheap and is outclassing them at half price.
The steamdeck is a masterclass in prioritisation and optimisation, but even considering that I think valve is likely still selling most variants at a loss. The claw does seem fucking shit tho. I’d say they should have used Linux but I wouldn’t trust msi to make that work in any kind of sensible way tbh.
What baffles me is I've yet to see another handheld with touchpads that can even begin to rival the Steam Deck's.
AYANEO has them on the Retro Mini PC but they're smaller and way too far down to be comfortable to use regularly.
The touchpads are one of the Steam Deck's greatest features. They actually make it enjoyable to play games designed for use with a mouse. Why are none of the other manufacturers getting that?
Those other manufacturers didn't launch a new controller design. Valve did. It was fine and they learned how to make it great. Valve learned by experimenting with shape, button locations, track pads themselves were entirely new; it must have been a wild time in those hardware labs.