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.
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.