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Lenovo Legion Go S official: $499 buys the first authorized third-party SteamOS handheld (www.theverge.com)
submitted 6 days ago by RmDebArc_5@sh.itjust.works to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world
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[–] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 36 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Masking the cost of the Windows license is my guess.

[–] Toribor@corndog.social 10 points 5 days ago

Microsoft has weird rules with OEMs about selling the same hardware without a Windows license. This might be a way around it.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 9 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Why would they want to do that? Like, if I'm Lenovo, I'm genuinely excited about this, and want people to buy it. They can pocket the difference on the Windows license while selling more units because the product is more attractive. They have no reason to actively encourage people to stick with Windows, unless MS is paying them to?

It really just seems like an experiment for them. I hope people buy them...

[–] slimerancher@lemmy.world 12 points 6 days ago

Probably don't want to antagonize MS, but don't know how things work at this level, so just randomly guessing.