This is the first device to bring serious performance to a handheld gaming PC without the drawbacks of a bloated operating system. With SteamOS running, While it's not a perfect device, it trades blows with the best handhelds out there, and is stylish and incredibly comfy to use.
Native SteamOS is a breeze
Not every game is supported
Battery life is just okay
Trackpad essentially useless right now
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The SteamOS version of the Lenovo Legion Go S with an AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme processor is, I'm happy to say, exactly what I've been waiting for from a handheld gaming PC. Well, almost exactly. It's about as ideal as I could hope for at this point in time without succumbing to wishful and perfectionist thinking.
Lenovo gave me a teaser a couple of months ago with the Windows version of this handheld sporting a Ryzen Z2 Go processor. When I reviewed that handheld , I concluded that it had a great design but its lacklustre hardware combined with its high price point made it feel like a placeholder for a hopefully better-value SteamOS version that was in the works.
Then, a version of SteamOS with official support for the Legion Go S launched, which meant I could replace Windows with SteamOS on that Z2 Go version, so I compared the two . My conclusion at the time was that switching over to SteamOS is worth it in pretty much every way, from raw performance to ease of use and everything in between.