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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Is there really no difference between the steam version and the windows version? Or does the windows license really cost them $180? Cause as-is, it would be cheaper to buy the steam version and put your own windows license on it.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

would be cheaper to buy the steam version and put your own windows license on it.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Hey, I have a SteamDeck and it's running SteamOS. I'm just saying that IF you wanted windows, it wouldn't make sense to buy it as a Windows device.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Hmm okkk lol

But yea, that's been true for decades now, if you could find an OEM that sold the model you wanted sans windows AND offered a discount for it it'd be about 100 bucks cheaper

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago