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Desire a Steam Deck-style video gaming portable with a larger screen and additional functions? Take a look at the Lenovo Legion Go. Not just does it have a super-sized 8.8-inch screen, its manages can pop off a la the Nintendo Switch, and among them can even be utilized as a pseudo video gaming mouse.
And today, Amazon is offering the Lenovo Legion Go on sale for $500, a massive $200 off its initial rate.
The Legion Go utilizes the exact same souped-up AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme processor seen in the Asus ROG Ally, with an excellent 2560 × 1600 resolution and 144Hz revitalize rate to actually make that extra-large screen shine. Inside is 512GB of storage and 16GB of RAM, not to discuss a robust cooling system to keep everything ticking. The Legion Go consists of a touchpad and programmable back “paddle” buttons, which are often left out on Windows-based Steam Deck-style systems.
The special selling point is absolutely that Switch-inspired chassis and its breakaway controllers. You can prop up the screen part of the gadget with an incorporated kickstand, then slip the right-hand controller into a removable shell and utilize its bottom-mounted sensing unit to turn it into a small video gaming mouse. That makes the Legion Go distinctively certified to take on first-person shooter video games.
The Legion Go isn’t an automated suggestion, particularly given that it needs to handle the basic clunkiness that appears to be endemic to Windows-based handhelds. You may wish to take a look at our hands-on video before you click the buy button. If you’re all set to go, this is the finest cost we’ve seen yet for a brand-new Legion Go, so get it while you can.
Conserve $200 on the Lenovo Legion Go portable Author: Michael Crider, Staff Writer, PCWorld
Michael is a 10-year veteran of innovation journalism, covering whatever from Apple to ZTE. On PCWorld he’s the resident keyboard nut, constantly utilizing a brand-new one for an evaluation and developing a brand-new mechanical board or broadening his desktop “battlestation” in his off hours. Michael’s previous bylines consist of Android Police, Digital Trends, Wired, Lifehacker, and How-To Geek, and he’s covered occasions like CES and Mobile World Congress live. Michael resides in Pennsylvania where he’s constantly anticipating his next kayaking journey.