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That touchpad is tiny so I’m not sure how useful it will be (probably just for cursor usage on desktop). Good to see 120hz and hopefully with VRR support.
Seems that ootb Linux support is a few months after initial release.
I’ve never seen the Legion Go irl but the old one looked like the touchpad was just the right size too be unobtrusive but still practical. The new one looks like a thumb print reader.
I mean, this is neat, but I really enjoy the features of my original Legion Go. The removable controllers are just awesome, and it works wonderfully as a ‘I want to play my Steam games but I can’t be at my PC right now’ machine. I’ve been streaming to the thing since I got it, and it’s powerful enough to run relatively modern games on low-medium settings at 800p. I ran through God of War on it decently enough. Only downside is that the SSD heats up and can screw with the WiFi card directly underneath, but I don’t mind the noise from the fan because most of the time I’m using headphones with the thing anyways. It’s got USB4 as well, so I wanna get an external GPU dock eventually. As for now, a powered hub is doing great at essentially turning it into a console at my TV. The touchpad on the right controller is really handy for navigating Windows.
I agree, I hope this means that Steam OS will be coming to the main legion go.
No touchpads?
Believe it or not, that minuscule fingerprint reader looking thing on the bottom right is a touchpad. I really don’t know what they were thinking.
Eh, I kind of get it. I’ve had my Deck ever since it came out and used the touchpads maybe two or three times in total. They are pretty pointless in my eyes.
First, that’s your personal usecase. Second, they’re very handy in some games were you have to select an area for example or when you’re in desktop mode. I haven’t used them that much either but they are useful.
Have you used both or just one of them like you would a laptop touchpad? I think the tiny touchpad of the Lenovo can probably do this as well.
Yeah, constantly, the easy example is keyboard input, the dual trackpad input is really nice to use. I wish they were a hair larger and round like the original steam controller becauae they were amazing on that, but even then, rotary menus are an amazing feature and the trackball mode is really nice to use. They’re a heck of a lot nicer than the joystick mouse for me.
Nicest part about the deck/controller is the flexibility, touchscreen helps add even more utility but the original controller could totally be used for keyboard/mouse heavy games on the couch, some people go wild with multiple control layers and button chords, there’s a lot of ability to customise things which is appreciated.
I use both very often. Especially as a custom menu for emulator settings, or in older PC games or games with a lot of Keyboard/Mouse controls, they help me make things far more comfortable with various custom popup menus, or sometimes jumping to a mouse region to select UI options while playing. They are also helpful for games with horrid controls/hotkeys that won’t fitnon a traditional amount of controller buttons. They also help with mouse precision when an analog stick won’t do.
I also use the back buttons a lot. I use the entire Steam Deck and the custom controller settings are basically a necessity.
while retaining the dual USB 4 ports.
Now I’m interested. I’d probably own a steam deck by now if I could plug it into a “real” dock and get dual high res displays and/or an eGPU.
Year of the Linux
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