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How did you upgrade the soldered storage?
by jack_tripper 11mo ago
How did you upgrade the soldered storage?
- baq 11mo agoTake it to a shop which cnc mills the original one off and solders a compatible new one on. Maybe you can desolder the old one, but why bother.
- jack_tripper 11mo agoSounds easy. Why bother getting a laptop with replaceable storage anyway?
- baq 11mo agoApple doesn't sell one for any price, so if you want Apple hardware, that's what you get. They objectively make the best laptop hardware package unless you value upgradeability over performance or build quality, which most people also very objectively don't.
- jack_tripper 11mo agoRemovable SSDs aren't just for upgradability but for repairability. To ensure your shiny expensive laptop doesn't become e-waste the minute your SSD NAND (which is a wearable part) inevitably dies.
- baq 11mo agoI agree 100%, I'm just saying if you want Apple, you can't have that regardless how much you're willing to pay (though if you paid them $10B they'd probably bend and design it this way, everybody has a number.)
- dmitrygr 11mo agoThere’s a guy who offers it for a very reasonable fee in USA. I’ve used his services a few times with great success! Email me, I wouldn’t want to post someone else’s contact info publicly.
- bigyabai 11mo agoThis is exhibit A in why Apple needs to adopt 2230 NVMe drives and stop this ridiculous soldered flash storage scam.
- Zak 11mo agoApple doesn't need that. Apple is very happy selling storage for 2-4x market rates.
- hollandheese 11mo agoGod, if it was only 2-4x market rates.
- jack_tripper 11mo agoYes, send your Mac to a random guy on the internet so he can replace your NAND storage. I see no data privacy issues there.
- cromka 11mo agoWhat king of problem do you see?
- jack_tripper 11mo agoHave a guess