Apple is just preventing Studio owners from doing it themselves. Nor can Apple make the argument it has for things like the unified memory, which offers tangible benefits by not offering a user-replaceable component: the SSDs here are already removable. The Mac Studio’s removable SSD Image: Luke Miani It’s a desktop computer, one that presumably could have offered more expandable storage at the expense of a slightly bigger chassis. This isn’t a laptop or a tablet or even an ultra-slim all-in-one like the M1 iMac. It’s true that the Mac Studio makes it exceedingly difficult for customers to get to the SSD slots in the first place, but that’s also a choice Apple made. Whether it was hoping to discourage end users from tearing apart their computers in search of cheaper SSD upgrades or because it wants to nudge customers into its pricier options (which, due to their non-replaceable nature, implicitly urge you to buy more upfront, lest they be caught with too little after the fact) - both options don’t reflect well on the company. Nothing about Apple’s design here necessitates the choice to bury it behind rubber sheets and a potentially dangerous power supply or to lock it on a software level.īut Apple made an active choice to make it impossible to upgrade the Mac Studio’s internal storage. Because the Mac Studio does have removable SSDs.
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