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From: Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Now Even Microsoft Is Making a SteamDeck
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On Wed, 12 Mar 2025 10:47:25 -0700, Justisaur <justisaur@gmail.com>
wrote:
>On 3/12/2025 10:30 AM, Zaghadka wrote:
>> On Tue, 11 Mar 2025 12:38:46 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
>> Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

>>> it's likely to be running Windows

>> Actually, according to what I read, it *will* be running 11. God help
>> them.


>Probably some stripped down ultra crap 'home' version like are on the MS 
>Surface tablets.

I mean, to be fair, even the XBox consoles can be said to be running
Windows. Stripped down for performance and modded to make it harder to
pirate games, but ultimately still Windows in the back-end. 

But I suspect that Microsoft won't do anything quite so drastic with
its handheld... especially since it seems that they'll be having OEMs
build the thing rather than make it themselves. Especially if
streaming/cloud gaming is the primary intended use, which may be the
case since Microsoft has been making a lot of fuss about unifying
their various platforms.