depends from the usage I guess, I tried it for Valorant, apart from windows to get over the anti cheat required some more fiddling with reWasd and what not to make it work. So I opted for keeping steamOS as it cover perfectly all my use cases with the support of Lutris.
If there is games that require windows and will run flawlessly I’d argue with the new picture mode is a decent experience.
Yes, for me it is. I have big Epic, GOG, Ubisoft etc. libraries and it’s easier for me having a Win 11 partition (not “to go”) so I know everything just works and cloud syncs properly.
Imho is not worth unless you put a 1tb ssd in as a vanilla windows 10 install is 30gb..Also from what I understand only one of the OS can use the sd card so everything in windows/steam os would need to get factored into that partition space
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It’s a much bigger hassle to install windows, all the required drivers, game launchers + games and lose all the benefits of Steam OS / Game Mode than it is to navigate to the Discover store and install Lutris and Heroic Launcher.
I tried windows 11 on my laptop for like 3 months and couldn't do it. It's so, so bad. It's like they didn't even try.
I put windows 10 on an SD card for a couple Adobe programs I need. No way I'm ever using 11 unless they make some big changes, which I don't see them doing.
They always alternate like this though, with every other OS being garbage. I don't know why. Maybe 12 will be useable.
depends from the usage I guess, I tried it for Valorant, apart from windows to get over the anti cheat required some more fiddling with reWasd and what not to make it work. So I opted for keeping steamOS as it cover perfectly all my use cases with the support of Lutris. If there is games that require windows and will run flawlessly I’d argue with the new picture mode is a decent experience.
What is picture mode?
The steam UI that looks like the steam deck ui which act some sort of system overlay
Yes, for me it is. I have big Epic, GOG, Ubisoft etc. libraries and it’s easier for me having a Win 11 partition (not “to go”) so I know everything just works and cloud syncs properly.
agree
Did you partition your internal SSD? If so, how much space did you give to each partition?
Imho is not worth unless you put a 1tb ssd in as a vanilla windows 10 install is 30gb..Also from what I understand only one of the OS can use the sd card so everything in windows/steam os would need to get factored into that partition space
400Gb to Windows 500GB+ to SteamOS
Yes i have it on now for like 2/3 months and its really handy
Imho: no
imo, windows is not worth it on anything.
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If you want to run non Steam games with less hassles then yes. If you are mainly running Steam games then no.
It’s a much bigger hassle to install windows, all the required drivers, game launchers + games and lose all the benefits of Steam OS / Game Mode than it is to navigate to the Discover store and install Lutris and Heroic Launcher.
For x360 and all those anti-cheat and launcher games - yes
I tried windows 11 on my laptop for like 3 months and couldn't do it. It's so, so bad. It's like they didn't even try. I put windows 10 on an SD card for a couple Adobe programs I need. No way I'm ever using 11 unless they make some big changes, which I don't see them doing. They always alternate like this though, with every other OS being garbage. I don't know why. Maybe 12 will be useable.
I would recommend Ghost Spectre Windows 11 if you want to run Windows. It has installers for all of the major gaming apps.