I sent my Xbox ROG Ally X away for repair, and by the time it came back I’d already fallen for another handheld — a confession that is as much about hardware as it is about timing, ergonomics, and the real costs of being an early adopter in the fast-moving handheld-PC market.
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After three months with the ROG Xbox Ally X, the headline is simple: as a piece of portable gaming hardware it is a genuine leap forward—delivering sustained, high-frame-rate play and flexible docking options—but as a Windows 11 handheld it also exposes the platform’s fragility. The Ally X pairs...