Hey there, so for some information. I’m a console gamer and always have been, my only instance on PC gaming was trying to run cyrsis war head on an old hp laptop I used to have. I currently have a dell laptop that’s just hanging onto life at the moment. I also have a ps 5, Xbox series s, switch OLED, miyoo mini plus and my s25 ultra and an iPad pro 4th gen (m2).

Lately the kiddo has been asking to use the iPad to draw a lot and I’m thinking of just giving it to her, but to do that I have to replace it for something else. I don’t care about sticking to the apple ecosystem as I have my photos backed up and the rest of the family is still iOS.

So with that I’ve been looking at the Lenovo legion tab 3 (2025 edition because I’m in Canada and don’t want to deal with the Chinese rom) or I’ve been looking at the red magic Astra. I already own a g8+ controller I use on my switch and am savvy enough to set it up for emulation. iPad mini is a slight contender because I would be okay with using it more for just psp emulation but most of the titles I’d wanna play are already on PlayStation and with the ps portal update it could also be a slight contender if I didn’t want to expand to steam and other Pc libraries.

But then that got me thinking because the 1tb model Astra is 1599 in canadian dollars before taxes. In that price range I could get a gaming PC handheld or even just get a gaming laptop at this point.

So if you were in my shoes would you replace your iPad with another gaming laptop? Or take the dive into PC handhelds? Or Jump into a gaming laptop?

I don’t want a desktop currently, that would be something I’d look more into when I have a bigger library as all my games are in the Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo ecosystems.

I also have killer internet so cloud gaming and remote play work pretty flawlessly if that helps in any way.

Thanks everyone! I’ve watched and read way to much and now I can’t make a decision as there’s just to many options!