Why you shouldn't install Windows on a Steam Deck

That's right, this writer for a Windows site says you shouldn't buy a Steam Deck and put Windows on it.

No, you didn't read the headline wrong. Yes, I really am about to tell anyone who reads this that it would be foolish to buy a Steam Deck and install Windows 10 or even Windows 11 on it.

I can already feel the comments.

But it's true. Even though Valve says you can install Windows on a Steam Deck, it would be a pretty terrible idea and nobody should do it. Just because it is a PC doesn't mean you should completely forego the stock experience.

If Steam Deck was meant to run Windows, it would



Regardless of your opinion of Valve or its head, Gabe Newell, or what you believe their combined masterplan to destroy Windows might be, there's a reason the Steam Deck doesn't run Windows. After all, aside from having to license the software and pass on the added cost to us, the buyers, slapping Windows on Steam Deck and calling it a day would be the easiest thing to do.

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