Just a suggestion, but here's a good linux tablet: https://starlabs.systems/pages/starlite

Do it. I have a Gen 1 batch 2 laptop 13 and it's the only piece of tech I consistently and loudly promote

I worked in the bookstore computer repair shop in college and I was one of 2 techs that was actually willing to crack open Windows laptops and work on them. The bookstore had to have an Apple Certified repair shop to be allowed to sell Apple products, so most of our folks got certified as Apple technicians. I never bothered because I always had plenty of work with the myriad random models of laptops that folks brought in that the Apple bros didn't want to touch.

Took a look at the ifixit for the steam deck OLED, honestly it doesn't look bad at all. I've removed lots of screens from phones and other tablets and such, and this looks no worse than those.

But man, MS really went out of their way to make the screen impossible to remove without cracking it on this one. There's a ridiculous amount of adhesive and coupled with the glass being really really thin... 😅 Yea it's a shit show when even the ifixit team can't even get some photos for their teardown without a shattered screen lol

The OLED isn't overly hard. It's just overly long to bother with.

I mean I got 6 of em for free, and ya can't beat free LMAO

I actually had been putting off cracking one open for awhile now but the SSDs in them had been failing one by one and I'm on the last one now lolol

I wish they were more repairable. I have a Surface Pro 8 that serves my needs quite well and I was able to upgrade the SSD to a TB from the 256GB it came with, but I had to do some shenanigans with power settings and whatnot because the only SSD I could find was technically only compatible with the Surface Pro 9 and newer. But it works now and it has been a very good machine for getting through medical school. An iPad would not have met my needs and as much as I hate to admit it, having my Surface and my desktop terminal linked through OneDrive has actually been very helpful.

Full disclosure, I am one of those nerds that bought and used a Surface Duo 2 phone until I broke the hinge by dropping it wrong. I did eventually crack it open to mostly fix the hinges, but shattered the glass in the process. I fixed that with 2 layers of laminate sticker things after assembling the shards back onto the phone.

I've had my surface pro 3 since like... 2016? Still runs great. Never been very happy with the keyboard though.