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Re:Bye-bye Windows gaming? SteamOS officially expands past t... by SushiHippie on Wednesday January 08, 2025 @07:47AM (#42633611)
The Legion Go S with Windows will cost $599 and the Legion Go S with SteamOS will cost $499. I suppose those will be the same hardware wise. So a $100 difference

https://www.tomsguide.com/gaming/handheld-gaming/lenovo-legi...

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Re:Bye-bye Windows gaming? SteamOS officially expands past t... by Andrew6rant on Wednesday January 08, 2025 @08:07AM (#42633767)
Windows version of the handheld will have 500gb more storage than SteamOS.
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Re:Bye-bye Windows gaming? SteamOS officially expands past t... by jimmydoe on Wednesday January 08, 2025 @07:58AM (#42633703)
wow, this is a good promotion for SteamOS models, as pre-install windows license should cost Lenovo $5 or less afaik.
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Re:Bye-bye Windows gaming? SteamOS officially expands past t... by nemomarx on Wednesday January 08, 2025 @08:10AM (#42633794)
I guess part of it is that users vaguely know how much the windows license costs them and will accept that kinda price increase on top for windows?

very comfortable margin for Lenovo there

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Re:Bye-bye Windows gaming? SteamOS officially expands past t... by lvass on Wednesday January 08, 2025 @08:52AM (#42634191)
People may also be under the impression that Microsoft charges a similar price for Windows as they do to individuals. Which is about $180 for Home edition in my country, Brazil.
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Re:Bye-bye Windows gaming? SteamOS officially expands past t... by ryao on Thursday January 09, 2025 @11:22AM (#42647136)
The Windows version has a 1TB SSD while the SteamOS version has a 512GB SSD. A guy on YouTube speculated that this is because a modern Windows install needs 200GB of space. I have no idea if that is true. I don’t use Windows.
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