This will probably be the biggest competition the Steam Deck has within the handheld PC space.

Most noteworthy is that windows is finally focusing on providing a decent handheld experience, including booting straight to a controller friendly interface, and reducing background processes for better fps and battery.

Edit: The handheld Xbox UI will.come to all windows PCs, but it’s not clear if the reduced performance bloat version will be available. It sounds like only Xbox branded devices may get the full benefit of optimized windows.

It’s also the ugliest handheld PC yet (imo), but I can appreciate that they’re pushing for comfort over looks.

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    @tiberius @Fubarberry If they put trackpads will scare away many users. The handheld needs to look like a console. Many gamers don’t want to go into PC gaming territory so xbox is wrapping this one as a “console”.

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      What an impressive way to dismiss the behaviors of others as “fear”. And in the face of no data even. So brave!