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Is this what we get when we stop making laptops with upgradeable internal storage?
by ssl-3 1y ago
Is this what we get when we stop making laptops with upgradeable internal storage?
- zamadatix 1y agoI still utilize large external drives on my laptop with upgradeable storage, so we get it either way.
- ZeroConcerns 1y agoI just upgraded the internal storage of my Lenovo T14 (AMD, Gen6) to 4TB, and that took all of 5 minutes. And that laptop was definitely made in 2025, although I agree that consumer sentiment overwhelmingly favors models that are less convenient in that respect.
- bramhaag 1y agoMeanwhile, modern Apple users: https://youtu.be/RDBX6FTYLoQ https://youtu.be/RDBX6FTYLoQ
- WesolyKubeczek 1y agoFor me it was pure ASMR content
- kmarc 1y agoSame, with an x1 gen5, upgraded NVME to 1TB This boy is 8 year old today (bought in 2017 November) and still delivers me the €€€ at $consultingjob
- jack_tripper 1y agoNot really an issue outside the Apple ecosystem and a few fringe tablet hybrids like from Microsoft. Vast majority of laptops sold today have standard SSDs you can upgrade.
- dspillett 1y ago> Vast majority of laptops sold today have standard SSDs you can upgrade. Though some make it quite difficult to get in to replace the drive, and put everything back together after. Some are very easy: an obvious compartment at the bottom, unscrew lid, remove drive, put in replacement, power up and transfer old content, done. I've seen both NVMe and 2.5" SATA drives arranged this way. On the other hand, upgrading my friend's laptop recently involved taking most of it apart, the drive was under the keyboard inaccessible from the back, with other link cables (for keyboard, antenna, screen) in the way so they had to be disconnected and were in very inconvenient arrangements for reconnecting after…
- jack_tripper 1y ago>the drive was under the keyboard inaccessible from the back Must be an old design from around ~10 or so years ago. Acer I presume.