For those who wish to test out the very latest improvements to the Steam Deck, Valve has put up Steam Deck OS 3.5 into Preview now. In the official announcement Valve go over a big list of new features and fixes, so here's some of what's included.
This feels more like a generational thing or something because if I mention to my co-workers or friends that “my desktop isn’t working” they don’t think “oh your steam deck won’t go into desktop mode?” No, they think “That big block computer with a large motherboard isn’t functioning properly?”
Well, now I understand what a Desktop computer is. But it doesn’t change the fact that the Steam Deck can be one in docked mode.
Just because the default OS isn’t what you have on your daily machine and also doesn’t have this cool “Media mode” some people refer to Gaming mode, doesn’t make it less of a Hardware it already is. Just install Windows of it and stop removed about it.
You first said a “Desktop” is only a tower PC or rather a Desktop PC that sits at the desk. But then you gave a scenario where you complained that a Desktop mode didn’t work.
You do notice that Desktop Metaphor and Desktop PC are two entirely different things. Generally clients can be referred as Desktop to make things easy.
A Laptop and Handheld can be described as Desktops too.
This feels more like a generational thing or something because if I mention to my co-workers or friends that “my desktop isn’t working” they don’t think “oh your steam deck won’t go into desktop mode?” No, they think “That big block computer with a large motherboard isn’t functioning properly?”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desktop_computer This thing. So when I say “Desktop OS” I don’t expect anyone to think anything other than the OS that runs on a desktop computer.
Well, now I understand what a Desktop computer is. But it doesn’t change the fact that the Steam Deck can be one in docked mode.
Just because the default OS isn’t what you have on your daily machine and also doesn’t have this cool “Media mode” some people refer to Gaming mode, doesn’t make it less of a Hardware it already is. Just install Windows of it and stop removed about it.
A desktop and a laptop or handheld with a dock are different things.
You first said a “Desktop” is only a tower PC or rather a Desktop PC that sits at the desk. But then you gave a scenario where you complained that a Desktop mode didn’t work.
You do notice that Desktop Metaphor and Desktop PC are two entirely different things. Generally clients can be referred as Desktop to make things easy.
A Laptop and Handheld can be described as Desktops too.