
What I’m trying to do here is figure out what roles a Steam Deck in my laptop bag might play. They may not all fit, or it may get ridiculously heavy, but I can certainly try. If money is no object, I could try to stuff my laptop, a Steam Deck, a Nintendo Switch, and an extra laptop into my backpack.

You are probably trying to cram as much functionality in that laptop bag as you can manage. You have a limited amount of space in your carry-on bag. If you’re flying to a new hotel every week doing consulting work, the cost of the gear you carry in your bag probably isn’t your primary concern. I feel like this needs to be near the front of the post. Some comparable laptops cost more, some cost less.įinding more uses for what you carry might not be about the money My quick searches say that it costs about the same as most four-core Ryzen laptops with similar specs. It has a smaller screen, built-in gamepads, and lacks the keyboard and mouse.

The Steam Deck is a low-end laptop in a different form factor. You’re supposed to be able to install Windows on it, so I’m assuming we can boot it from external media.

If you carried a Steam Deck in your laptop bag, what could you do with it besides play games? It is just an x86 laptop. I used to do all of these things, and that has the gears in my brain turning.
