[zirgs]

Steam Deck's desktop environment is barely usable without connecting it to a dock and using an external keyboard and mouse.

You won't use it as a daily driver in handheld mode. The virtual keyboard covers half of the screen, the touchscreen is unusable as a mouse and touchpads are inconvenient.

Ordinary laptops don't have these problems.

[einr]

To be fair, a desktop tower computer is not usable without using an external keyboard and mouse either.

[Dylan16807]

I deliberately didn't compare it to a laptop, because the topic at hand is whether it qualifies as a "desktop". If it can function without an external keyboard and mouse that's a bonus feature.

[FinnKuhn]

And other desktop computers are usable without a keyboard, mouse and display? I don't think so...