If you look at nearly all reviews of handheld gaming PCs that run Windows, the major problem is Windows itself. So with Valve opening up the door to SteamOS Linux for more devices, it seems HP are interested in jumping in too.
Lenovo does that too (or did 10 years ago, I haven’t touched Lenovo since). There’s actually forums full of hackers that will add your MAC address prefix to a bios dump for you for a price
Haven’t bought an HP device since I tried to upgrade the Wi-Fi on my laptop but there was a whitelist in the BIOS and that MF wouldn’t even boot.
Lenovo does that too (or did 10 years ago, I haven’t touched Lenovo since). There’s actually forums full of hackers that will add your MAC address prefix to a bios dump for you for a price