Unexpectedly, the ASUS ROG Ally has increasingly become a primary gaming machine for me, over my aging RTX 2070 Ti laptop and my Xbox Series X. The ASUS ROG Ally is a truly remarkable thing, offering the kind of portable power that dreams were made of. I wrote a short while ago about how I was wrong about the ASUS ROG Ally, having previously opted to stick with my Steam Deck. However, like a magpie, I couldn't resist the new shiny thing. After a few weeks of testing, I found that I do prefer the ASUS ROG Ally overall, and forwarded my Steam Deck to a new home.
Despite that, do I recommend the ASUS ROG Ally? Our ASUS ROG Ally review has a lot more detail, but if you're not interested in benchmarking and just want a list of basic (and sometimes major) caveats with this thing, here are my five top things you absolutely need to know before buying this thing. After all, it's not exactly cheap.
