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Apple
Mac mini
$1199.00
positive
neutral
negative
Valve
Steam Deck
109 positive 3 neutral 62 negative
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$1063.93
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Is it okay to keep it plugged/docked permanently ? (Soft limiting battery charge to 95% / second hand / battery health at 93%)
I’ll add on to this that Steam Deck uses power passthrough that bypasses the battery entirely. This means that you aren’t constantly wearing down the biggest fail point of these devices. If you are someone that charges to 80-100% and then unnecessarily unplugs it, you are essentially reducing the li
...AnotherSoftEng in r/SteamDeck
March 23, 2026 10:15 PM
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Steam Deck sales still going strong over three years later
I got my SteamDeck late, so more powerful PC handhelds were already available. I still went with the SD because of the seamless Steam integration, Valve's long-term support, the large user base (easy to get help), sizable aftermarket and third party accessories, and Valve's tremendous contributions
...mrmivo in r/SteamDeck
May 13, 2025 8:09 AM
452
Steam deck OLED or Legion go S z1 extreme?
To be fair I would never have gotten legion if it didn’t offer steam O/S. even with outdated specs I was originally going to get SD OLED because how I’m so impressed with VALVE. LEGO offering STEAM O/S was what made me look at them… LEGO SZ1 being more powerful machine was icing on the cake
Zoopmittyzoop in r/Handhelds
April 9, 2026 2:36 PM
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