The DIY days of making gadgets better and longer-lasting are long past—and possibly, hopefully, in the future.
    • Hot Saucerman@lemmy.mlEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      Ehhh, to be fair, I’ve seen plenty of laptops with the WiFi chip soldered in.

      I agree, it’s better to be able to replace it, but I get that it’s a part that is more rarely replaced.

      Also, all the internal testing Valve did was with WiFi 5. There’s a small chance WiFi 6 could cause more interference and make the Steam Deck act wonky.

      • wander1236@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        7·
        1 year ago

        It’s the state of affairs for modern laptops to have everything soldered, but the Steam Deck is big on upgradeability.

        WiFi 6E might’ve caused a problem, but as far as I know, WiFi 6 works on exactly the same frequencies and powers as 5 and 4.

        Also, I’ve run into a surprising number of thin-and-light ultrabooks with soldered RAM but standard PCIe WiFi cards. Ironically, one of the more upgradeable laptops I’ve had (from Clevo) is Intel CNVio v1-only, and guess what Intel conveniently doesn’t make for CNVio v1.

  • M500@lemmy.mlEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    I’m looking forward to doing an ssd upgrade at some point. But my microsd card is handling everything well so far.