Apple drops soldered storage for 2024 Mac Mini

36 pointsposted 2 days ago
by lisper

11 Comments

trinsic2

2 days ago

How does ifixit justify a 7 out of 10 score? Is the Framework laptop on that same scale?

Cause the only difference to repair-ability from the last model seems like the removable SSD, which is proprietary and the make it very difficult to replicate because all the firmware related functions are on the removable SSD.

linotype

2 days ago

CMOS battery is also very easily replaceable.

wtallis

2 days ago

By "replicate" do you mean creating a compatible third-party replacement hardware module, or copying all the data onto a different card?

Cloning an SSD's data is something we should stop expecting to be straightforward in a world with self-encrypting drives. Restoring from backup is the right approach.

hollerith

10 hours ago

>Cloning an SSD's data is something we should stop expecting to be straightforward in a world with self-encrypting drives. Restoring from backup is the right approach.

I don't know why you're being downvoted: didn't we stop being able to clone a drive with Windows on it about 20 years ago unless perhaps Windows was installed in a non-standard way?

More precisely you can clone a drive with Windows on it of course, but you will not be unable to boot the clone.

ycombinatrix

11 hours ago

Why shouldn't I be able to clone an SSD? lol

gs17

2 days ago

If it's not compatible with just any SSD (of the right form factor) it's only a small step. Still surprised to see it, but they really have a long way to go.

phendrenad2

a day ago

My guess is the soldered memory was costing them a lot of money in repair times.