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submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

This will probably be the biggest competition the Steam Deck has within the handheld PC space.

Most noteworthy is that windows is finally focusing on providing a decent handheld experience, including booting straight to a controller friendly interface, and reducing background processes for better fps and battery.

Edit: The handheld Xbox UI will.come to all windows PCs, but it's not clear if the reduced performance bloat version will be available. It sounds like only Xbox branded devices may get the full benefit of optimized windows.

It's also the ugliest handheld PC yet (imo), but I can appreciate that they're pushing for comfort over looks.

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[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Sorry, I edited in more details after you replied.

But uh yeah, as you yourself have said... MSFT is very good at being secretive and opaque... even internally, there is a massive culture of compartmentalizing information, to say nothing of outward facing info.

I would say that untill independent reviewers get their hands on these things to do teardowns and benchmarks, trust nothing, all their claims are just marketing BS.

Im not saying this version of Windows won't be better than mainline Windows, in terms of game performance.

I am saying I'll eat a sock if it ends up being even as efficient as SteamOS or Bazzite in a same hardware same game same settings frame rate test of 20ish modern games.

this post was submitted on 09 Jun 2025
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