• Hot Saucerman@lemmy.ml
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    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.

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      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.