A hands-on experiment running Windows 11 via Windows To Go on a portable NVMe SSD connected via USB. Using Rufus to flash the drive, the setup completed initial configuration in ~5 minutes, ran demanding games like Dead Space Remake and Helldivers 2 at playable framerates, and successfully booted on multiple different PCs with only minor driver reinstallation needed. Performance was far superior to a traditional USB flash drive, making it a viable portable Windows environment for Linux-primary setups.
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The initial setup procedure was a lot faster than I’d expectedGames and everyday apps ran surprisingly wellI had no trouble booting into this Windows environment on other PCs124 Impressions