cross-posted from: https://piefed.social/c/battlestations/p/1389168/contemplating-alternative-setup
Here is my current setup. My laptop is an incredible gaming device but I’m kind of hung up on the fact that I don’t much enjoy gaming at my desk. I much prefer to game in a lounging position where I can put my feet up. Because of this, I’m considering splitting my priorities for gaming and browsing into separate devices.
I’m thinking that a mini pc might be a good option for my desk setup. I would use it mostly for browsing, some light server needs, and (possibly?) some light modeling/design work using freecad (for 3d printing shenanigans). I’ve been eyeballing the minisforum um790 pro or something similar.
My gaming needs would likely be outsourced to a handheld pc. I’m pretty set on getting a onexfly and loading it up with bazzite. I know they’re expensive, but the form factor and hardware capability really has me sold on this one. I know it would handle everything I wanted to play on it, and more. I’ve even been wondering if it would be a good daily driver with a dock or something and just omit the mini pc idea altogether.
If your space is conducive to it (and if your motivation is just to game with your feet up, not actually to travel with the handheld), have you considered just getting a decent sized TV and mirroring the laptop’s primary monitor to it (and putting it in front of an armchair or whatever) so you’ve got somewhere to game that isn’t at your desk, but doesn’t require buying a whole new PC?
That option did occur to me, but I’m not entirely sure that my space would allow for it… Also, even though my laptop is pretty powerful, I’m not sure how taxing that would be on it. My laptop’s screen is capable of a high refresh rate, and ideally I would want to still be able to take advantage of that.