The first indication that another Asus ROG Ally handheld is on the way has come directly from the company itself during an interview.
  • KoboldCoterie@pawb.socialEnglish
    624·
    1 year ago

    As things stand, the ROG Ally is one of the best handheld gaming PCs, the Steam Deck aside, particularly if you are after a portable powerhouse that is rocking Windows 11

    Literally no one is looking for that. Some people might think they are, but they are misinformed.

    • circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      372·
      1 year ago

      The fact that the Deck doesn’t run Windows is a selling point. Sounds like higher management here needs to at least pretend to understand their product.

      • Spiralvortexisalie@lemmy.worldBannedEnglish
        121·
        1 year ago

        I actually run W11 on my SteamDeck, and would not recommend it for most users and definitely not for anyone to use for console. The biggest “killer-feature” all of these handhelds are missing is the ability to sleep like SteamOS allows and every other portable console for last two decades. It honestly makes these devices like the Ally with all their greatly improved specs look like cheap knockoffs since they can’t sleep, which could be a huge problem when using on the go.

        • wildginger@lemmy.myserv.oneEnglish
          8·
          1 year ago

          Im blown away to learn thats not a normal feature for the other handheld gaming pcs.

          I am also slightly less surprised, but still surprised, to learn there isnt a snappy name for this type of computer, like tower or laptop.

          • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            2·
            1 year ago

            IDK, “handheld” is snappy imo. I have a desktop PC that sits on my desk, a laptop PC that can sit on my lap, and a handheld PC that I can hold with my hands.

        • KoboldCoterie@pawb.socialEnglish
          7·
          1 year ago

          Yep, the functional sleep is the singular feature that makes the Steam Deck stand out, in my opinion. Not that it isn’t a nice piece of hardware otherwise, don’t get me wrong, but it’s not unique in any other respect. The fact that you can use it like you would a Switch or something is the thing that sets it apart, and none of these upstart competitors seem to understand that.

    • KuroeNekoDemon@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      214·
      1 year ago

      Ah yes spy on me more daddy Windows and send my data to the NSA

      All cringy jokes asside I switched away from Windows 11 for a reason, no way in hell I’m going back

    • Buddahriffic@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      71·
      1 year ago

      Microsoft is looking for it and it wouldn’t surprise me if they are paying a decent penny for it to try to stop the Linux gaming momentum the deck is driving.

      It’s entirely irrelevant to me. I don’t care what the specs are if it’s just running Windows.

  • bigkahuna1986@lemmy.mlEnglish
    22·
    1 year ago

    I “really” love when “articles” seem to “randomly” throw in quotes around “single” words “because” they decided they “wanted” to be click-“baity”.

  • ninjan@lemmy.mildgrim.comEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    I find that very unlikely actually. What SoC would it run? AMD hasn’t released anything stronger than the Z1 Extreme (which is just a power constrained laptop part) so the only alternative would be a variation on that, maybe one that works better under a tight power budget just like the AMD chip in the Steam Deck? However I’d argue, as a ROG Ally owner, that battery life improvements aren’t really that high on my wish list. If I could get anything it would be optimizations making the experience more stable and improve 1% lows. But most of that I don’t think is even on Asus, it’s more on AMD to tweak their drivers and on the game makers to tweak for the Z1 Extreme, which thankfully is in more than just the ROG Ally so it does make sense to do so.

    • VilianEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      valve make their own drivers so they can tweak how much them want, asus really can’t compete on that