The “Handled PC” are living their golden age

Yesterday was an exceptional day for nintenders. Nintendo Switch 2 It is official, a console that finally comes to compete with the best in the market, and that leaves Several errands to other companies. Switch’s particularity in front of his rivals remains his portability, and in this generation he is closer than ever to be The final console.

However, although it seems that it has no rivals, the truth is that the “Handled PC”, or consoles that we can turn into both desktop and computers, are at their best.

Asus Rog Ally X. The Rog Ally X of Asus It is literally a computer locked inside a console. A beast that was born in 2024 with an AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme processor, 16 GB of RAM and 512 GB of internal storage and … a price of 799 euros.

In hardware terms there is no comparison and, in software, here we talk about a console with Windows 11. There are no Nintendo games (at least officially), but it is a weight alternative.

Asus Rog Ally, 7 -inch Fullhd screen, AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme, 16 GB of RAM, 512 GB of storage and Windows 11.

* Some price may have changed from the last review

Steam Deck. Steam Deck It is one of the clear references within its segment, despite taking time in the market. A beast with Zen 2 processor, OLED screen in its latest generation, external connectivity up to 8K 60 fps and its own system: Steamos 3.0 (based on ARCH).

This console is also around 700 euros, but is closer to a computer than a video game device.

Valve Steam Deck SSD of 512 GB + 16 GB of RAM, 7 inches, 60 Hz, 1280 x 800 px, hand games console

* Some price may have changed from the last review

Lenovo Legion Go S. Recently we could try the Lenovo Legion Go Sa beast with Steamos and option to Windows. The tonic is similar to that of its rivals: AMD processor, a lot of storage, option to use desktop functions, etc.

The price? Also more expensive than Switch 2, 630 euros for Windows version. Its “Sin S” version, the Lenovo Legion Go, is also available with even more radical specifications.

Lenovo Legion Go – Gaming Portable console 8.8 “WQXGA (AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme, 8C, 16GB RAM, 1 TB SSD, Integrated AMD graphics card, Windows 11) Black, Legion Coldfront cooling system

* Some price may have changed from the last review

MSI The Claw. MSI is known for manufacturing computers, but also knows how to make consoles with Windows 11. The Claw A1 follow the line of the other devices: PVP between 600 and 800 euros, in this case an Intel Core Ultra 7, and a lot of chicha under the hood.

MSI Claw A1M – Full HD 7 “120Hz (Intel Core Ultra 7, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD, Wi -Fi 7, Windows 11)

* Some price may have changed from the last review

All are missing something. Nintendo, everyone needs to be Nintendo consoles. The company has achieved something that plays in its favor: buyers who bet their consoles for the mere fact that consoles … are from Nintendo.

A nostalgia fever, exclusive games only available on its platform and a different philosophy, one in which the graphics go to a secondary plane (not so much in this second generation) and the only thing that matters is the experience with the game itself.

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