Sorry, a little late to this conversation, but I wanted to throw this out here: Apple. They're notorious for releasing hardware that users are unable to upgrade after purchase. And considering how popular they are, I think most of their customers don't care. I have a few old Mac Mini's that require specialty tools to open, then you're still stuck with soldered-on RAM, storage, or both.
Disassembled pics i found! To get to the ram and nvme slots.
Re: M2A : a "normal" user won't be able (and can't be advised) to replace RAM or M.2 NVMe SSD
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Re: M2A : a "normal" user won't be able (and can't be advised) to replace RAM or M.2 NVMe SSD
What's funny is that the new M4 based Mac Mini actually has non soldered, replaceable storage, but it's a special, Apple only form factor, so you can't buy a replacement. So, in the end, you still can't upgrade it.
It's like they're teasing those who buy one.
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Re: Disassembled pics i found! To get to the ram and nvme slots.
In general all MiniPCs supported in this forum are heading to support user-friendly exchange of storage and memory. Hence the M2A is suffering from a design error.
In case of Apple the prohibition of storage and memory by the user isn't a bug, it's a feature.
In case of Apple the prohibition of storage and memory by the user isn't a bug, it's a feature.
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