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2016 Macbook Pro Looks like it has soldered on SSD's (13" non-touchbar isn't soldered)

How Big of an Issue is a Solder on Solid State Drive to you?

  • It's so big that I'm not ordering, Canceling my Order, or Returning my order once its arrived.

    Votes: 14 31.1%

  • I don't mind re-buying a new Logic board/SSD Upgrade/Ram upgrade when one of these parts fail.

    Votes: 5 11.1%

  • It doesn't bother me now, but I might regret loosing the ability to upgrade/fix parts in the future.

    Votes: 23 51.1%

  • I'm Buying the 13" Non-Touchbar model since the SSD is not Soldered & it can be Changed/Upgraded

    Votes: 3 6.7%
  • Total voters
    45
buster84 said:
ACHI drives will boot like SM951's, and samsung is creating an faster SM961 drives and as long as you get it the drive as ACHI it'll work.
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I'm not aware of any new AHCI m.2 drives being produced by Samsung. The entire line up is NVME now.

Btw I'm the first person who ever installed SM951 in a Mac - 3 of them in a RAID in a Mac Pro over a year ago.
 
The Apple laptops have been basically non upgradeable for 4 years, why anyone would be surprised is beyond me.
 
I thought all Apple computers now have soldered SSDs.

I hear that if the motherboard fails, everything fails with it including your data gone forever. Is this something expected to happen or is it extremely rare?
 
MacBH928 said:
I thought all Apple computers now have soldered SSDs.

I hear that if the motherboard fails, everything fails with it including your data gone forever. Is this something expected to happen or is it extremely rare?
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No they are still replaceable separate SSD cards, you won't be able to find any replacements but Apple can do it under applecare no worries if needed.

Ssd's will keep your data if the motherboard fails, but like all hard crives if the SSD fails you ll lose your data which is why you should always have a back up....
 
Samuelsan2001 said:
No they are still replaceable separate SSD cards, you won't be able to find any replacements but Apple can do it under applecare no worries if needed.

Ssd's will keep your data if the motherboard fails, but like all hard crives if the SSD fails you ll lose your data which is why you should always have a back up....
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The 12" MacBook does not have a removable SSD. That sucker is pertinently attached to the logic board. If your logic board dies, you will likely lose access to the storage as well. When the board is replaced, the storage is replaced with it. If you want to try and recover the date from the actual flash modules, you are on your own. Apple will not prefer this for you.
 
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