hy does everyone want to install Windows on the Steam Deck?

[Dragonwinged]

Seriously, Windows 11 looks like a steaming pile of crap. And based on a prvious poll I posted which went on way longer than I expected, many of you seem to agree. So why are all these tech reviewers saying they cant wait to install windows?

[SkilledRebuilds]

Because you can tune/change things to however you prefer..
You can change how Windows 11 looks and feels, so why wouldn't people use Win11 and just tweak it to their tastes.

PC is all about that choice.
 

[Hachi_Roku256563]

Number one

Windows 10

Number 2

As much i cant find that post i feel it may be a bit incaurate

You have tastes other people have tastes you dont overrule each other

[porina]

Who says it has to be Win11? Win10 is still an option. I didn't order the device, but if I did, I'd imagine I'd want Windows 10 so I can run basically any Windows games I want.

 

Remember all the hate when Win10 came out, and everyone said they'd stick to Win7? I wonder how many still do. Win11 isn't that different from Win10, and in time it will happen.

 

[Kilrah]

Simply because not everything people want to do/play will work on SteamOS at least for a while.

 

7 hours ago, Dragonwinged said:

Seriously, Windows 11 looks like a steaming pile of crap. And based on a prvious poll I posted which went on way longer than I expected, many of you seem to agree.

Your poll was made months before release, so any answers it would have gotten would have been the usual "emotional" responses that weren't based on anything tangible.

 

Just moved my 5th and last Windows machine to 11, and would you know it they all just work...

[Nayr438]

15 hours ago, Dragonwinged said:

So why are all these tech reviewers saying they cant wait to install windows?

• Software/Game Compatibility
• No performance hit from having to use in-development Translation Layers and re-compilers
• Familiarity.

As a Linux user who refuses to use Windows for multiple reasons and hardly games, as well as uses a similar Environment to SteamOS, this thing should be great as is.

You are however not going to convince the majority of the PC Gaming Community that a system being marketed as a Portable Computer can't play something like Valorant or use something like Microsoft Office, especially when the option to just Install Windows is made available.

[Ultraforce]

On 2/27/2022 at 3:33 AM, Dragonwinged said:

Seriously, Windows 11 looks like a steaming pile of crap. And based on a prvious poll I posted which went on way longer than I expected, many of you seem to agree. So why are all these tech reviewers saying they cant wait to install windows?

I imagine a mixture of familiarity and finding it interesting to use hardware for things it's not developed for and will be unoptimized for? That's why LTT did the video over 5 years ago trying out gaming on Windows Server.

[Mark Kaine]

Because as already said , familiarity, option to play *all* windows games, use of other apps. Hell, I would install windows 10 on my phone if it was an option , im kinda sick of google/android and 99% of mobile apps suck tbh (would probably need emulation for browsers tho, because windows browsers kinda suck in return lol) 

 

ps: it will be interesting to see comparisons how "optimized" the steam deck OS/however they call it will be tho. If theres an advantage to be had ppl might not even switch. 

 

 

 

[nanopone]

reason for running windows on the deck from what i've observed: stubbornness, fanboyism and That One Game that doesnt run on steamos.

reason for running windows 11 specifically: this still stumps me... android apps?

[SydneyBrokeIt]

I might tinker with Windows once a dual-boot is available, but honestly, especially given that my work is all done under Linux, and it's trivial for me to have a go-bag of tools set up on any Linux device, Linux is just a better choice for me to keep on it.

 

Then again, I've been using Linux for quite literally over half my life now, so even digging into the nitty-gritty of it doesn't bother me.  But Windows might give me something fun to try out, so there's that.