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> capable of running all games

My solution for this is to have 2 computers.

I have a macbook as main computer, with all my documents, study, etc.

And I have a desktop computer with Windows for gaming only. I treat this pc as a console, it’s only for gaming. Any OS annoyance is similar as a xbox/ps5 annoyance, but it’s still more flexible than a console.

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I just use virtualized Windows from macOS to play games that don’t run on mac. Worst case scenario I have to dual boot into Windows.

There’s a weirdly long thread of dorky gaming infighting happening in the top comment where people don’t seem to know that you can just use Windows for a few games and otherwise use a main OS for the rest of your time.

This would be my setup if I cared for Windows gaming at all. As it is, I use a Switch for that outlet. Why do you need the PC to be "more flexible than a console" — are you talking about hardware upgrades? Are Xboxes not very upgradable?

Consoles tend to have very limited controllers. Nothing beats mouse+keyboard.

Ah, true — if you're talking those kinds of games! It's a real shame consoles don't have better keyboard + mouse support. Then again, I guess game developers would be wary to rely on them since they wouldn't be guaranteed.

I used to have that back when I had a Macbook, but now my son as confiscated the gaming PC because it's more powerful than his laptop.

I've tried to set my laptop to dual boot Windows/PopOS, but it refuses to boot to PopOS.

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