Apple's redesigned M4 Mac Mini has ditched the previous M2 machine's SSD that was soldered to the logic board, as teardowns confirm. x.com/ohgkg/status/1854859167213011199″>like this one published in x showing that it has a single removable SSD module. It's not the first Apple desktop to go in this direction, as we saw similar modules in the Mac Studio and Mac Pro.
However, as noticed by MacRumorsIt is probably similar to its storage with only the NAND chips on board and the controller is still integrated into the SoC, which strictly restricts any possible upgrade or repair options by the user.
In x.com/ohgkg/status/1854866103786447161″>a second video clipAlso coming from Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok, the person replaces the NAND chips on the board with larger ones that reach 2TB. According to the person who reposted them, they were able to get it working, similar to what we've seen from Mac hackers like Dosdude. upgrade storage in Mac Studio. It also shows how the Mac Mini's WiFi chip and antenna are mounted directly on the back of the air intake at the bottom of the machine.
The other thing we've learned is that the Mac Mini's base module has two 128GB NAND chips instead of a single 256GB one, meaning we don't expect to see a performance bottleneck compared to the base model. of previously released M Series Macs. Apple again used two 128GB chips in the MacBook Air M3 released last April.
