M4 Mac mini teardown shows future upgradability in a seriously packed package
We heard early reports about the Mac mini’s SSD being upgradeable and the iFixit video provides more info. The M4 and M4 Pro Mac minis use modules of different sizes and iFixit couldn’t get its Mac mini to work when they tried swapping the SSDs.
Apple Mac mini M4 gets thumbs-up from iFixit for repairability – but not without downsides around SSD upgrades
The website is famous for taking apart hardware and rating it in terms of design and repairability considerations, and iFixit begins its video teardown by underlining just how much smaller the new Mac mini is compared to the computer in the past.
The M4 Mac mini has removable, modular storage – and an important SSD upgrade
Before we get ahead of ourselves, it's worth pointing out that the Mac Studio (M2 Ultra) has a similar storage setup, but custom upgrades are difficult to do: the computer uses Apple's own bespoke SSDs, you can't just slot in any off-the-shelf replacement.
Apple’s latest Mac Mini M4 has just hit the market and it’s already on sale just ahead of Black Friday. Originally priced at ...
Along with the dramatic external design, the new M4 Mac mini also features multiple internal changes. According to early ...
OWC has released the Envoy Ultra Thunderbolt 5 SSD, an external drive that takes advantage of the M4 Pro and M4 Max Mac's ...
Apple's latest M4 Mac Mini comes with removable SSD NAND modules which can be upgraded to higher capacities as shown by ...
The biggest reason to upgrade to the MacBook Pro M4 is the performance. This machine gets the newest M4 chip that is based on ...
Apple isn't soldering the SSD to the logic board in the M4 Mac mini, but given the company's history with Apple Silicon, ...
Macworld Apple gets a lot of flack for its non-friendly approach to user repairs and upgrades–you can’t really do them. But ...
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