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matt_schwartz
•
6/8/24, 8:48 AM
the best option from a reliability standpoint is probably the legion go
, or at least in how easy it was to get Linux working on it from the beginning
C
char
•
6/8/24, 8:48 AM
I am not a fan of the size of it
C
char
•
6/8/24, 8:48 AM
if they made a mini version and removed the tablet stuff I would be a fan
H
halva
isn't ally x not even out yet
C
char
•
6/8/24, 8:49 AM
yeah but I will think of something to replace it in july
C
char
yeah but I will think of something to replace it in july
H
halva
OP
•
6/8/24, 8:49 AM
i mean like nobody knows how well it will run linux lol
C
char
•
6/8/24, 8:50 AM
it
's the same chipset
C
char
•
6/8/24, 8:51 AM
I had the original Ally and barely any issues w it aside from short battery life
C
char
•
6/8/24, 8:52 AM
sold it and bought the OLED SD
C
char
•
6/8/24, 8:52 AM
horrible decision
C
char
•
6/8/24, 8:52 AM
the OLED SD is going back after
< 1 day of ownership
C
char
•
6/8/24, 8:52 AM
I cannot use it for literally more than 5 minutes
C
char
it's the same chipset
H
halva
OP
•
6/8/24, 8:55 AM
yeah but it
's rarely the chipset
/apu that
's the pain point of support lol
C
char
•
6/8/24, 8:55 AM
I mean it worked on the original model mostly fine
C
char
•
6/8/24, 8:56 AM
and the new model only improves battery capacity
, analog sticks and RAM
M
matt_schwartz
•
6/8/24, 8:58 AM
when did you get an Ally
M
matt_schwartz
•
6/8/24, 8:58 AM
Because let me tell you it was not fine on Linux at launch lmao
M
matt_schwartz
•
6/8/24, 8:59 AM
until someone tears one down or asus supplies exact specs with model names it
’ll be hard to tell how they work without people with devices in hand first
C
char
•
6/8/24, 9:00 AM
like December
C
char
•
6/8/24, 9:00 AM
I had it for a few months but the steam deck oled got released and I stupidly fell for the FOMO
C
char
•
6/8/24, 9:01 AM
great device
, but I never want to ever come into contact with one again for sake of not having another migraine
C
char
of these handhelds which is the better option for a all-round device that can ru...
A
asen23
•
6/8/24, 9:07 AM
doesnt ally have qc issue
? and they still denied it to this day
A
asen23
doesnt ally have qc issue? and they still denied it to this day
H
halva
OP
•
6/8/24, 9:08 AM
that
's just ashush in general
H
halva
OP
•
6/8/24, 9:08 AM
lmao
M
matt_schwartz
•
6/8/24, 9:09 AM
they didn
’t deny it for RMAs but they were certainly not as forthcoming with info for the community as Lenovo
A
asen23
doesnt ally have qc issue? and they still denied it to this day
C
char
•
6/8/24, 9:09 AM
idk I
'll take minor QC issues over the SD OLED anyday
A
asen23
•
6/8/24, 9:09 AM
aint ally straight up killing sd card
? from what i heard atleast
M
matt_schwartz
•
6/8/24, 9:09 AM
Mine died on week 5
M
matt_schwartz
•
6/8/24, 9:10 AM
I never got around to sending it in to get fixed
. I put a larger ssd in like two days before it failed lol
C
char
•
6/8/24, 9:10 AM
ngl i didnt really care because it had 512 GB storage
C
char
•
6/8/24, 9:11 AM
it was an issue w the controller tho
A
asen23
•
6/8/24, 9:11 AM
yeah i mean other than the issue ally x seems solid to me
A
asen23
•
6/8/24, 9:11 AM
also i put 2tb ssd to my steamdeck lol not that i will have sd card issue
M
matt_schwartz
•
6/8/24, 9:12 AM
I tried to open my OLED Deck one time and gave up halfway through
, that thing was clamped way tighter than I felt like I could handle
M
matt_schwartz
•
6/8/24, 9:12 AM
had the toolkit and everything
:buuTux
:
M
matt_schwartz
I tried to open my OLED Deck one time and gave up halfway through, that thing wa...
A
asen23
•
6/8/24, 9:14 AM
sometimes you just need sheer brute force to do thing
, i didnt expect force needed to properly seat ram or pushing cpu lever
M
matt_schwartz
•
6/8/24, 9:14 AM
I didn
’t want to scuff the LE case
M
matt_schwartz
•
6/8/24, 9:14 AM
although of course I ended up RMAing it anyway for an internal crack
M
matt_schwartz
•
6/8/24, 9:15 AM
hopefully I get it back soon
…
M
matt_schwartz
•
6/8/24, 9:15 AM
same exact spot as some Reddit posts
, seemed like a known defect
M
matt_schwartz
I tried to open my OLED Deck one time and gave up halfway through, that thing wa...
C
char
•
6/8/24, 9:15 AM
I miss the weight of it but i do not miss its display at all
A
asen23
•
6/8/24, 9:16 AM
also anyone tried 32gb mod on steamdeck
? is it even worth it
M
matt_schwartz
•
6/8/24, 9:16 AM
I don
’t think the APU can do enough with that
M
matt_schwartz
•
6/8/24, 9:17 AM
maybe some marginal gains
C
char
I miss the weight of it but i do not miss its display at all
C
char
•
6/8/24, 9:19 AM
Maybe just the display size
C
char
•
6/8/24, 9:19 AM
But its like 0
.5 inches
D
DevilFish303
•
6/8/24, 9:20 AM
on bazzite desktop
, is the default that grub is never hidden
?
D
DevilFish303
•
6/8/24, 9:20 AM
for some reason i thought i had it hidden when i reimaged my desktop
, i updated
, then suddenly i started seeing it
, got confused
D
DevilFish303
•
6/8/24, 9:21 AM
but i also don
't remember going out of my way to hide it
.
.
. lol
M
matt_schwartz
•
6/8/24, 9:21 AM
it
’s in the setup portal I think
M
matt_schwartz
•
6/8/24, 9:22 AM
maybe something slipped through the cracks somehow
? Not sure
.
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