My two main rigs are a 13900K/4090 equipped PC and a fully spec’d 16” M1 Max MacBook Pro, which I use for work; they are both fairly high end solutions.
Most of my file management is done via a local network/home labs setup, with a few synch tasks keeping critical files updated and managed in real time. Decided I wanted to test the Deck out as an all around productivity and entertainment tool. Spun up my dev environment in roughly 30 mins; offloaded some of my environment to Portainer/Docker running from my NAS.
Was able to get all of my design and development work done without a hitch. Ended up running all my gaming, work, and personal tasks off of it for roughly a week, connected to a dock and external display.
Didn’t miss a thing. Undocked to game; didn’t miss the 4090. Watched Plex from bed; didn’t miss the TV. Honestly, if the next iteration provides native eGPU support, I could see this being a viable all-in-one solution for a large segment of users who are not locked down to Windows or MacOS. If it wasn’t for some mandatory MacOS tasks, I’d even consider it.
Also forgot how much I missed running Linux desktops. Last time I used a distro as my main machine was 2006 or so. Forgot how flexible and utterly malleable it is to work with and tweak.
My two main rigs are a 13900K/4090 equipped PC and a fully spec’d 16” M1 Max MacBook Pro, which I use for work; they are both fairly high end solutions.
Most of my file management is done via a local network/home labs setup, with a few synch tasks keeping critical files updated and managed in real time. Decided I wanted to test the Deck out as an all around productivity and entertainment tool. Spun up my dev environment in roughly 30 mins; offloaded some of my environment to Portainer/Docker running from my NAS. Was able to get all of my design and development work done without a hitch. Ended up running all my gaming, work, and personal tasks off of it for roughly a week, connected to a dock and external display.
Didn’t miss a thing. Undocked to game; didn’t miss the 4090. Watched Plex from bed; didn’t miss the TV. Honestly, if the next iteration provides native eGPU support, I could see this being a viable all-in-one solution for a large segment of users who are not locked down to Windows or MacOS. If it wasn’t for some mandatory MacOS tasks, I’d even consider it.
Also forgot how much I missed running Linux desktops. Last time I used a distro as my main machine was 2006 or so. Forgot how flexible and utterly malleable it is to work with and tweak.