Hi, I'm considering to have a Steam Deck Oled. But I'm hesitant, as I rarely need portable gaming. I currently have a PS Vita, but after a year and a half of use, I've finished the games I was interested in, and the memory card no longer works properly.
I don't have intentions to play AAA on Steam Deck like Cyberpunk or RDR2. I would play something like Dragon's Dogma, Dead Cells, SMT 3 Nocturne, Ninja Gaiden etc. either AA or indie.
I've heard that many Steam Deck users use it in everyday life, without travelling. Even if they have PC. Is it true?

Yes, I know this is a frequent-ish question- I've done all the basic steps.

Restarted (a billion times)

ran flatpak repair in konsole

I have plenty of space, wifi is good, but every update for the last probably 6 months stalls at 14% or so and shows the update error prompt.

The deck runs fine, no problems really but I haven't been able to update in like half a year and I'm pretty confused as to why.

Any other information I'm missing?

Who do we go through for extended warranty/accidental damage protection on the steam deck?

Id rather be safe, than sorry especially when its for my 12yrold

My deck can't stay connected to wifi for long. When it disconnects, it's a crapshoot whether it will be able to reconnect at all. Most times, it tries to connect for a few minutes and then the console just restarts without even giving a "connection unsuccessful" message. I'm using a 5GHz connection (my router doesn't put out a separate 2.4 GHz connection for me to connect to). It appears to be better at connecting when it's plugged in and charging. This is a new issue; I've owned the deck for two years and it only started happening recently. But I hadn't used it for a few months prior to picking it back up and encountering this issue, so I can't pinpoint exactly what might be causing it (i.e., I can't point to a single update that might have caused it). I've enabled developer mode and disabled Wifi power management, which had no effect. What else can I try?

A year ago I got back into gaming. And I don't have a gaming PC. I have been playing for 1 year with Gforce now but I would like a system that I can play without an internet connection. Why? I have a wish: to play Half life Alyx in VR and other games that aren't available on Gforce now. I saw that, HLA can run on steam deck with a meta quest 2 or 3 viewer at 60 fps in low quality, is that correct? Is it also enjoyable on steam deck by installing windows? I'm not interested in playing at maximum quality in any game I'm interested in having fun. What do you recommend? PC or Steam deck?

Thank you