Dolphin is just a mess on the Deck. I was having an issue where it would get stuck in the ‘exiting game’ state every single time I closed it, so I updated Dolphin and it corrupted all of my saves. And it didn’t even fix the problem.

You can set one of the trackpads to ‘as mouse’, which lets you use the touchscreen without actually touching the screen. You could also do it with one of the analogue sticks as well, but the trackpads are more precise.

If you’re open to using the touchscreen, though, you could just buy a cheap capacitive touch stylus and use it exactly as you would on a real DS.

If you’re looking for illegal improvements, then you could always try downloading cracked versions of Denuvo-infested games, which should run better since they don’t have malware that constantly checks if you bought the game.

Clearly you’ve never used an Xbox 360 controller.

The Deck’s D-pad isn’t great, but it’s a whole lot better than the Switch Pro Controller’s D-pad, and it’s certainly far from being “one of the worst D-pads”.

It is by far the best PC you can buy in terms of value for money, especially since the price drop. You can’t get anything else thar’s anywhere close to the Deck’s capabilities for that price.

You can still change it back.

Would this work to get 90fps on the OLED model? I don’t have one, just curious.

https://www.pcgamer.com/steam-deck-oled-battery-life-improvements-coming-to-lcd-versions/

Supposedly they’re making sofware-based battery life optimisations, so that might count for something. Most of the OLED model’s improved battery life comes from the fact that the battery is literally, physically thicker, but maybe someone will make a backplate with a recession that accommodates a thicker battery, if they’re available to be purchased separately through iFixit or similar.

More power, and at the same price as the 64GB model was at launch.

The OLED seems great, and I really want it, but it’s just too much money, especially when my current Deck works just fine. I know I’d feel buyer’s remorse if I go and spend all of that money on it, and ultimately, it’s the same device that I’ve already got.

I would also seriously consider buying a Deck mini if it had all of the features of the OLED but at a pocketable size. It would be nice to be able to keep playing all of the same games in situations where it isn’t really socially acceptable to whip out a massive device from my bag.

For the moment, though, I’m waiting to see what Nintendo are doing. I know I’d feel shitty if I spent hundreds on a slightly revised version of something I already have only for them to announce their next console months later.

No problem! Hope it goes well for you.

I personally use ECWolf for Wolfenstein 3D, Crispy Doom for Doom, Ironwail for Quake, the native Steam remaster for Quake 2, Xash3D for Half-Life, NBlood for Blood, EDuke for Duke Nukem 3D, VoidSW for Shadow Warrior - there’s probably one or two that I’ve forgotten.

You could try in-game benchmarks, maybe? But I don’t really see how hardware benchmarking is a particularly relevant point of comparison between operating systems, though - especially as, from the way you worded it, it sounds like you’re comparing the Deck to a separate PC; is that right? If so, then you’re not really comparing operating systems at that point.

I’d sooner focus on comparing user accessibility, ease of use, legacy software support, reliability, user configurability, interface design, etc

Yes.

Remastered and Miles Morales run well above 40fps on medium settings. It might have some performance issues in heavier scenes, but I expect it should run at 30fps most of the time, even if you do have to resort to minimum settings.