So, that Switch 2 didn't turn up, this year, huh..?

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Right now, the Asus ROG Ally is priced at £399 with pre-Black Friday offers, so since I'd been keeping that aside for Switch2, I figured what the heck, and took the plunge.



My first thought was "Who put the charge socket on the top? Now I have a big wire dangling out the top of my new handheld."

"Yay me, I'm charging!!!"

For comparison, the Switch dock has a hole in its bottom, which the dock sticks its pokey stick into.
Much neater.

I mean, come on.. Who has random holes in their head..?
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Oh yeah..

Hmmm.

Setup

So, my initial thoughts.
I had to register with Windows, I had to register with Asus.
I updated the OS, and updated the drivers.
I updated the Asus R.O.G. software,

Then updated Steam to download a few games.
Then I put the device back on charge again.
Because all of that was too much for the thing.
Woohoo! Modern Gaming!!!

This was very much a Windows experience. I've certainly not missed this, in my last few years of Apple Only.

Power

It's not as fast as the MacBook M2 or the iPad Pro M4, as far as JSE goes, but that's browser stuff.
Give it a nice fast paced native Windows game, and it'll whizz away.

GTAIV, Half Life 2 and AudioSurf were all running full speed at 1920x1080, with "looks good enough to me" quality, which is infinitely better the last Desktop PC I owned.
.. Though, that was over a decade ago, so .. *shrugs*

I guess I have to try a few more modern games, instead of .. you know.. similarly decade old games.

I should try a few more games!

Any suggestions, lemmie know!

Meanwhile, the "left unplugged overnight" charge went from 100% when I sat it down, to 80% this morning, so.. That's not great, if I'm honest. I don't want to leave it permanently plugged in at night!! I already have the iPad, iPhone and MacBook doing that.
Hmm..

Code : 0/5
Worked : 0/5
Fun : 5/5
Didn't code a thing. Had lots of fun.
Hurray!

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"Cartoon Derek plays a 1980s game on his new Handheld PC." by Replicate/Flux

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