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elonmuskszahnbuerste@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago

The End Of The Hackintosh Is Upon Us

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The End Of The Hackintosh Is Upon Us

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elonmuskszahnbuerste@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago
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From the very dawn of the personal computing era, the PC and Apple platforms have gone very different ways. IBM compatibles surged in popularity, while Apple was able to more closely guard the Maci…
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    The SSD in the M4 mini is upgradable, for those who aren’t aware.

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      It’s replaceable, it’s not upgradable.

      Apple doesn’t use standard NVMe M.2 drives. The controller is built into the SoC rather than being on the storage device itself.

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        it never ceases to amaze me the amount of time, energy and money apple spends engineering things to be worse for customers.

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          It’s more cost effective to integrate the controller.

          Being worse for customers is just a happy accident.

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          In this case Apple also prioritizes performance.

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        I’m aware, but I have upgraded my 256GB to 2TB so not sure what you’re on about. See: https://appleinsider.com/inside/mac-mini/tips/how-to-upgrade-the-ssd-in-your-m4-mac-mini

        And: https://expandmacmini.com/

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          Saving this for later.

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      Is this a take in regards to soldering in new flash chips or replacing a board and then needing to wrestle Apple support during an RMA to replace a faulty component (because I quiet confidently believe, Apple will cross check your hardware with their records from the serial number).

      And I don’t believe regular PC manufacturers/OEMs are that hard to argue with if I insert my own SSD.

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        https://expandmacmini.com/

        It’s pretty easy

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          And how much does Apple like that?

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            Fuck em

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              Doesnt work during an RMA.
              After that: Yeah, sure.

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