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Re:Introducing the next generation of Mac by Thorentis on Tuesday November 10, 2020 @03:20PM (#25051318)
Also have this one. It was my first macbook, and I think I got really lucky with getting in when I did. Been going strong for 5 years, and has no difficulty doing anything I need it to do. Only thing I wish I did was get more storage (only got the 128GB model).
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Re:Introducing the next generation of Mac by 0x008 on Tuesday November 10, 2020 @04:12PM (#25051987)
You can buy a $20 adapter on Amazon and stick any m.2 nvme ssd in there.
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Re:Introducing the next generation of Mac by nicoburns on Tuesday November 10, 2020 @03:49PM (#25051712)
FYI the storage is upgradable on these machines (and it's very straightforward to do). It's a nonstandard SSD interface, but you can official modules 2nd hand on ebay quite cheaply these days.
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Re:Introducing the next generation of Mac by ValentineC on Tuesday November 10, 2020 @04:59PM (#25052583)
Adding on: this forum thread should be able to get most people started: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/upgrading-2013-2014-mac...
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Re:Introducing the next generation of Mac by coredog64 on Tuesday November 10, 2020 @04:09PM (#25051948)
$20 will get you an adapter that allows standard m2 NVMe. I have one on my Amazon wishlist, just haven’t pulled the trigger yet.
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Re:Introducing the next generation of Mac by davidcollantes on Tuesday November 10, 2020 @07:44PM (#25054206)
Could you share a link to it? Thanks!
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Re:Introducing the next generation of Mac by stjohnswarts on Tuesday November 10, 2020 @05:15PM (#25052770)
Do your research on the adapters though and drives. Some have issues with suspend. Make sure the hardware you add has been tested by some brave youtuber or blogger before buying anything. It looks like the actual act of repacing it isn't that bad though.
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Re:Introducing the next generation of Mac by nicoburns on Wednesday November 11, 2020 @06:58AM (#25057624)
I dodged this issue by just buying official apple drives (presumably taken from broken macs).
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Re:Introducing the next generation of Mac by lisper on Tuesday November 10, 2020 @03:49PM (#25051713)
You can upgrade the SSD yourself with a kit from OWC.
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Re:Introducing the next generation of Mac by porcc on Tuesday November 10, 2020 @04:12PM (#25051994)
Don't do this, use an NVMe adapter, lets you use faster/cheaper/bigger normal SSDs. I have one myself and it works perfectly.

PS also don't waste your time trying to find ways to repurpose the old Mac SSD, an equivalent SSD or flash drive is cheaper than the enclosures

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Re:Introducing the next generation of Mac by tokamak-teapot on Tuesday November 10, 2020 @06:12PM (#25053361)
I bought a PCI adapter for mine. It was cheap (cheaper than the cheapest SSD) and works. The Apple SSD is good enough that it was worth keeping.
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