Thanks for sharing – I think that if I were to buy a handheld PC now, the ASUS ROG would be it. Having had a Steamdeck since release though, I don’t think I could go back to not having the sleep/resume function for gaming, especially on the go. It’s still not perfect for games that have some sort of always-online component (I don’t blame Steam OS for that), but it’s definitely the killer feature of the deck for me.

Still though, the smaller size, reported quietness, screen and performance of the ROG at it’s price point make me really excited for what options will be around when I decide to upgrade.

Tbh i would still go with steam deck. I would rather deal with steam support than asus support. Steam has excellent track record of exemplary support, when i lost my account they recovered it within 3hours while providing me proper updates. While asus tried to back out of warranty by releasing a beta bios and added disclaimer saying using it void’s warranty but if you don’t use it, it might fry cpu. It could be honest mistake and it could be a placeholder text they add by default to every beta bios. But I would rather spend my days enjoy using my device not worrying about the manufacturer of the device I bought. Now if this asus vs some other manufacturer like msi then asus is the clear winner.