Microsoft and Asus' ROG Xbox Ally is on the horizon, adding to the growing list of handheld gaming PCs on the market, and with that comes Microsoft's increased efforts to optimize Windows 11 for ...

If you have an old Windows laptop gathering dust, there are plenty of creative ways to make it useful again. You could turn it into a second monitor, repurpose it as a file server, or even convert it ...

Ever wondered if it’s possible to pack serious gaming power into a PC that’s smaller than your average shoebox? For many gamers, the dream of owning a compact, portable gaming rig often clashes with ...

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Handheld Gaming PCs Get those Steam Decks and Legion Go S handhelds updated because Valve's just released a metric ton of fixes in the latest client Handheld Gaming PCs The ROG Xbox Ally borrows a ...

Have you seen the news? Microsoft has signaled that future Xbox consoles will run Windows, which points to one big possible future: gaming PCs may soon be taking the living room by storm. It sounds ...

Valve is making a significant push to expand SteamOS beyond its Steam Deck, aiming to establish it as a serious alternative to Windows for PC gaming. This Linux-based operating system is designed to ...

One of my favorite things to come out of CES 2025 was the spread of SteamOS to other PC gaming handhelds, namely a new version of Lenovo’s Legion Go. On the show floor, PCWorld’s Adam Patrick Murray ...

Valve is getting ready to capitalize on its impressive SteamOS work. Valve is getting ready to capitalize on its impressive SteamOS work. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been ...

The Legion Go S is a streamlined PC gaming handheld and the first with SteamOS since Steam Deck; the Go 2 is a full sequel. The Legion Pro 7i gaming laptop also gets a silicon boost. I’ve been a ...

Nearly a decade ago, Ars testing found that Valve's "Steam Machines"-era version of SteamOS performed significantly worse than Windows when SteamOS's Linux game ports were tested on the same hardware ...

Every now and then I wonder where SteamOS is. The obvious answer is: it's on the Steam Deck, dummy. But ever since Valve released the original Steam Deck it's been talking about creating a general ...