For anyone who isn't aware, 2280 and 2230 aren't read/write speeds, they're M.2 form factors. The 22 in both means that they're 22 mm wide, and the 30/80 indicates how long they are.
The 2280 in the ROG Ally X is an improvement IMO because you can get more capacity for a lower price if you replace the SSD, but there's nothing about the form factor that automatically makes it faster.
What I find amusing about tech is they seem to be going the route of the smaller and more compact it is the more expensive they make it. Looking at the steam deck if I were to buy that I would probably go for the cheapest one and treat it like a secondary PC or a laptop potentially. Small screen? Don't care, connect it up to the monitor at home or get one of those folding screens with a keyboard and mouse, save yourself a lot of money.
Being somebody who isn't that obsessed with portable gaming and being born a 90's kid who had the fucking gameboy when I was younger I find people obsessing over details like this mind boggling. Yes I'm doing a back in my day routine right now.
For anyone who isn't aware, 2280 and 2230 aren't read/write speeds, they're M.2 form factors. The 22 in both means that they're 22 mm wide, and the 30/80 indicates how long they are.
The 2280 in the ROG Ally X is an improvement IMO because you can get more capacity for a lower price if you replace the SSD, but there's nothing about the form factor that automatically makes it faster.
What I find amusing about tech is they seem to be going the route of the smaller and more compact it is the more expensive they make it. Looking at the steam deck if I were to buy that I would probably go for the cheapest one and treat it like a secondary PC or a laptop potentially. Small screen? Don't care, connect it up to the monitor at home or get one of those folding screens with a keyboard and mouse, save yourself a lot of money.
Being somebody who isn't that obsessed with portable gaming and being born a 90's kid who had the fucking gameboy when I was younger I find people obsessing over details like this mind boggling. Yes I'm doing a back in my day routine right now.
Shrinking technology has always been expensive, it's nothing new.
It's harder to make something smaller that does the same thing, and therefore it costs more to make. Shocking.