The new Mac mini with M4 and M4 Pro chips can now replace the SSD drive, although it’s not as easy. Previously, it was soldered into the board. This became known thanks to the first videos of the device disassembly process, The Verge reports.

This is not a revolution for Apple, as a single removable drive has already been implemented in Mac Studio and Mac Pro. But the complexity of the replacement is due to the fact that the controller is still built into the SoC. This makes it difficult to upgrade or repair it yourself.

 

Another piece of news is that the 256GB Mac Mini base module has two 128GB NAND chips instead of one. This means an increase in read/write speeds compared to using a single chip.