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Comment on Valve still waiting on a 'generational leap' for Steam Deck 2 - but it's coming

The one “generational leap” I want, and have wanted for decades, is the ability to upgrade hardware, like modular laptops can. It’s great that they aren’t doing little incremental upgrades, but between generations, games come out that would work but need a little more RAM or something, and instead of having to wait another 2 years and spending $1000 on a new console when it comes out, you could just shove more RAM in it in the meantime.

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bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Never in my life have I regretted putting more RAM into my computers. When faced with deciding between similarly priced graphics cards going with the higher RAM option was always the right choice in the long run. Because higher resolution textures always make an otherwise low game look great.

If I knew an adventurous spirit with great soldering skills and greater insurance I would go for the 32 GB upgrade on my Deck.

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- Grass@sh.itjust.works ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  I bought the parts for that, install pending time off.
  
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  - bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Godspeed. o7
    
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Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Main downside is that having swappable components adds size and cost, which is why laptops are so much less modular than full size PCs. For something like the Deck, which is trying to be as small and cheap as possible, I doubt we’ll see anything modular for a long time.

Valve could possibly sell upgraded motherboards that you could use with your original screen/etc. However before ifixit sold deck parts, there was a leak of the upcoming parts and prices. At the time, replacement motherboards were planned to be sold, but they planned to sell the motherboard for $350 (when the cheapest deck was $400). Ultimately they ended up never selling the motherboard, which makes sense when considering how expensive it was compared to the overall price of the unit.

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