Mac mini 2024 gets a teardown, has no user upgradeable parts
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- 19 Nov 2024
DeepIn2U, 18 Nov 2024Yet your machune doesntsupoirtthe speedsof that storagesoit... moreWhen I have access to a 512 core server with around 4TB of ram why do i need to do productivity work on this laptop?
Plus the point wasn't it performance which BTW every mac would have been f-ed up way harder than that PC because of the lackluster initial hardware.
The point was devices that can easily re-purposed and re-used should not become e-waste in short time. Those mac become e-waste pretty fast!
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- 18 Nov 2024
MOJ, 18 Nov 2024I have a HP laptop from 2010(at this age and day it is almo... moreYet your machune doesntsupoirtthe speedsof that storagesoits wasted$you spent on it.
Good luck on your productivity on that nearly 15yr old PC.
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- 18 Nov 2024
MOJ, 18 Nov 2024I have a HP laptop from 2010(at this age and day it is almo... moreI meant to write:
"so 20 years of usage have you even seen a apple product that could last this much and be practical to use?"
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- 18 Nov 2024
Fabiana, 12 Nov 2024Even if it’s proprietary there will be third-party compatib... moreWhat f-ed up mentality is this?
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- 18 Nov 2024
DeepIn2U, 12 Nov 2024While i agree 99% with this statement with Apple's pro... moreI have a HP laptop from 2010(at this age and day it is almost 15 years old) what i have done is changed the thermal paste which is almost impossible in this mac mini and changed storage to Samsung 850 evo SSD and that thing is running win 11(i had years of Linux and win 7 up to 11 on it).
it is still going strong and i recon it would at least go another 4 or 5 years.
so 2 years have you even seen a apple product that could last this much and be practical to use?
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- 15 Nov 2024
Anonymous, 12 Nov 2024Proprietary module = Louis Rossman level of expertise = not... morem1 and m2 already have drop in replacements. this will too.
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- 0Uc
- 13 Nov 2024
What a surprise...
Next!
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- 13 Nov 2024
From the hyperactive crowd of YouTubers, the GSMArena team chose a calm and precise author. Well done.
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- Ibx
- 12 Nov 2024
Anonymous, 12 Nov 2024Windows notebooks and tabs many years ago were heavily ridi... moreBecause their users won't challenge them, and many of them probably think it actually costs Apple hundreds of dollars to upgrade the storage.
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- 70d
- 12 Nov 2024
Fabiana, 12 Nov 2024Even if it’s proprietary there will be third-party compatib... moreLOL.
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- sgj
- 12 Nov 2024
Fabiana, 12 Nov 2024Even if it’s proprietary there will be third-party compatib... moreSeriously, apple do that to keep control and make money. Sometimes solving design issues at best.
The underlying components are standard stuff, there's no special memory dram apple or NAND apple gates, just using barebkne right of the bat TSMC Samsung xylinx stuff in the end...
I'd like to lough there. Apple brainwashing people with their expensive walled garden....
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- sgj
- 12 Nov 2024
Apple and proprietary are linked together. Remember appletalk... Not new.
It's in purpose. It's good hardware reliable long lasting sh't, but it's also expensive walled garden for pretending 'superior' people. Choose your pill...
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- Ibx
- 12 Nov 2024
Even for a device that's not intended to be taken apart, it's incredibly dangerous for the power supply board to have those exposed components. Watch the Linus Tech Tips/Louis Rossmann iMac repair video if you need further explanation.
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- 12 Nov 2024
Fabiana, 12 Nov 2024Even if it’s proprietary there will be third-party compatib... moreLOL, good Apple is protecting bad users from themselves so they can get good experience and live happy :) Admirable , hear that a lot, usually in churches...
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- 12 Nov 2024
Even if it’s proprietary there will be third-party compatible parts at some point. Barely different than any other Apple replaceable SSD over the last decade.
Apple makes it hard because they don’t want inexperienced people messing with the insides. Heck it’s pretty normal for wannabe PC experts to buy video cards larger than the case, incompatible RAM, applying thermal grease like peanut butter, killing components because of no grounding, SATA SSD, turning on without a heatsink, the list goes on…
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- wp2
- 12 Nov 2024
once you open a machine it want be as good as it was before.
no matter its which one.
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- 12 Nov 2024
Anonymous, 12 Nov 2024Windows notebooks and tabs many years ago were heavily ridi... moreI don't know if there are reports on this, but it's most likely that the Mac mini market share is quite low, so it's unlikely that Apple is getting a pass.
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- 12 Nov 2024
if the board is on top-inside (upside-down) then why they put power button at bottom-up.
they also change the placement from right-to-left.
a mac mini pro design as mac pro (can or cheese) would be better in m4 mini form.
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- 12 Nov 2024
xPandamon, 12 Nov 2024Even though it has 256 GB, that is still laughable.Windows notebooks and tabs many years ago were heavily ridiculed for having only 256gb storage.
How does Apple continue getting a pass for this kind of moves?
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- 12 Nov 2024
theRajeshV, 12 Nov 2024There's videos of people running 100m in 10s. Doesn�... moreEven though it has 256 GB, that is still laughable.