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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Sure, if you want your device to be half an inch thicker, and more expensive.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Steam deck is already a brick, would anyone notice?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I'd wager the same kind of people screaming "it should have been socketed" are the same people who would scream "why the fuck did they make this thing so thick?!"

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

The chips themselves are the most expensive parts usually, much more than a socket and additional daughterboard. And if they were all modular you can reuse those chips for other devices!

Also, even back in the chunky early 2000s IBM Thinkpad days I never really minded the size or weight, that's just my own opinion though.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

last i checked a thinkpad wasnt a handheld device, either.