Valve Steam Deck 64GB Console (UK) (PC)

I own the original Steam Deck and the new OLED model, they are both fantastic but the model here (64GB flash memory) is now a depricated model. Valve sell the original Steam Deck with a 256GB SSD for 350 quid, with the OLED models going for a bit more. So what is a Steam Deck? It's basically a laptop (sans keyboard) folded into a Nintendo Switch form-factor, running Linux instead of Windows like mostr laptops would - it is "IBM compatible" so you can install windows but Valve have tweaked the included version of Linux to operate in a console like way and it now works remarkably well. The important thing is that a huge number of games made for Windows will run on Linux using a tool called Proton, Valve have provided some support to this open source tool and have integrated it into the OS so you don't have to fiddle with things most of the time. If you do want to fiddle, then you can, or you can jump into desktop mode, open up a terminal sign in as root and cause all sorts of system destabilising havok - although that's not recommended, you can of course jump into desktop mode and use it like a regular PC desktop running linux. This is for people who want to carry around their gaming library and who want the freedom and choice that PC gaming can provide, but think a laptop is too big to carry round most of the time for gaming on the train or bus. I'd recommend the OLED variant as it has better battery life, is noticeably lighter and the 90Hz OLED screen is to die for. The original Steam Deck is still great, people complain about the screen but I found the non-OLED screen to be about as good as the non-OLED Nintendo Switch screen - but if you're going to buy a non-OLED Steam Deck then don't pay more than 350 quid for it.