Sometimes manufacturers put a bit of blue Loctite on the threads... makes the torque needed to initially 'break' the threads/unscrew a bit higher. I wouldn't be that concerned, buying a replacement screw kit for the HDD caddy will be a couple dollars on Ebay if you really do strip the head.
Re:SSD Storage: 2018 in review
by WilliamEdward on Tuesday January 15, 2019 @09:09AM
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At the end of the day if you're buying apple for the hardware you were doing something wrong to begin with. MacOS is one of the few good reasons to get apple products, otherwise it should be a given that you get an alternative device. Combine this with the fact that Apple has made it impossible to get stuff repaired, and what you've just said, I don't see why anyone would buy an apple laptop for the hardware alone.
For a long time, Apple had the best laptop hardware on the market. Since the web revolution and fewer people needing Windows to work, its no wonder that Mac sales have exploded. I believe that's coming to an end though. Macbook Pros have gone too far into the direction of compromise for the sake of design and are on the road to nichedom again.
Re:SSD Storage: 2018 in review
by philliphaydon on Tuesday January 15, 2019 @06:04AM
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I just bought the X1 Extreme with 256gb ssd and 16gb of ram because I can upgrade it later.
Re:SSD Storage: 2018 in review
by Infinitesimus on Tuesday January 15, 2019 @06:35AM
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How long have you had it /how do you like it so far? I've been considering getting the 4k version but I worry about battery life. Seems there's a bios/driver bug that keeps the Nvidia GPU running always
Re:SSD Storage: 2018 in review
by philliphaydon on Tuesday January 15, 2019 @12:05PM
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Just bought, waiting for it to arrive.
There's update bios to fix that issue according to reddit.
Re:SSD Storage: 2018 in review
by sureaboutthis on Tuesday January 15, 2019 @08:44AM
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Thus, one of the many reasons why you'll pay less for non-Apple computers.
This is specifically one of the reasons I ended up switching to a Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Yoga, even though I'd planned to buy the new MacBook Air. The Thinkpad's SSD is officially user-replaceable and I bought a 2TB WD Blue SSD for less than a third of the cost of Apple's upgrade. Even an NVMe SSD would have been half the price of Apple.
One caveat is that although Lenovo has excellent official repair videos (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqrspYc21PY), I must be doing something wrong, the Phillips & JIS heads in my iFixit Mako toolkit don't seem to fit/grip the Thinkpad's SSD screw. I'm worried I'll strip the screw if I keep trying, so I guess I'll take it to a Lenovo repair shop for some help.