>>717172839
Kinda yes and kinda no.
As a person that has had both, Laptops are better when you are away from home and have many hours to kill. Laptops are worse than the deck if you are away from home but only have an hour and some minutes.

Steam Deck is always the better, safer choice over a laptop as the laptop requires too much commitment, space and setup. Plus it draws more attention to you which is always a bad thing when niggers are around. People are always on their phone so having something similar doesn't draw too much attention.