Re:M1 Mac owners are experiencing high SSD writes over short...
by jeswin on Wednesday February 24, 2021 @01:36AM
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> Else they're bound to be compatible with the lowest common denominator standard connectors and drive implementations.
The fairly common Samsung 9x0 Pro Nvme SSDs are way faster in almost all benchmarks. So I don't think that argument holds.
This really is about charging a premium for additional storage - and not due to technical reasons.
Because not using them gives Apple control of the exact specifications and capabilities of their M1 SSDs.
Else they're bound to be compatible with the lowest common denominator standard connectors and drive implementations.
Aside from profit ("paying more for custom parts"), this is also how they control "the whole widget", and how they can innovate (like with the M1 CPUs/SoC components) when others drag themselves with me-too standard parts.
Was the allure of a Mac ever that "you can build your own from standard parts"? If anything, it was always the opposite: it's not a PC.