Lenovo’s fast, comfy SteamOS handheld is hundreds off

The Legion Go S with SteamOS is simply a beauteous coagulated alternate to the $789 Steam Deck OLED. It runs identical software, but ships successful a plan with two-stage triggers, a bigger eight-inch IPS surface (1080p and up to 120Hz versus 800p and 90Hz successful the Deck OLED), and it’s got treble the RAM and retention (32GB and 1TB, respectively), not to notation a somewhat faster processor successful the Ryzen Z1 Extreme.

At $999.99, its existent discounted terms astatine Best Buy, it’s worthy considering if you’re deciding connected a handheld. The Legion Go S is not arsenic almighty arsenic the $1,299.99 Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 that conscionable launched, which has the Z2 Extreme and a OLED screen, but it’s nary slouch, either.

Lenovo Legion Go S with SteamOS (Z1 Extreme)

Where to Buy:

• $1579.99 $999.99 astatine Best Buy

This exemplary launched with Windows 11 and the Ryzen Z2 Go. Despite being a newer chip, it’s little almighty than the Z1 Extreme successful the discounted model. SteamOS and the faster internals wrong this configuration volition supply a amended experience. Check retired my workfellow Sean Hollister’s reappraisal of aggregate configs of the Go S, and spot however it stacks up successful his benchmarks.