M1 Mac RAM and SSD Upgrades Found to Be Possible After Purchase

[wen_wen]

With the new 256gb M2s coming with an empty chip slot, this sounds like it might be an even easier upgrade. Has anyone heard if anyone has tried? I suppose only Apple RAM would work, which would render this moot?

Actually, that is false.

the 256gb M2 uses a newer nand chip (same as A16 in iPhone 14 Pro / Pro Max)
it's harder to get, that's basically the first issue.

the second issue is, there are a handful of capacitors you'll have to solder on for the 2nd chip socket if you would call it, it's really just soldering point, not something user can put on. You'll need some decent level of knowledge to use heat gun & soldering gun for it to work. If anything, I would recommend buying the 512gb model, and upgrade to 2tb on your own.

 

[wen_wen]

With the new 256gb M2s coming with an empty chip slot, this sounds like it might be an even easier upgrade. Has anyone heard if anyone has tried? I suppose only Apple RAM would work, which would render this moot?

Another note worth mentioning, the RAM is next to impossible to upgrade. That is way out of my league to comprehend how to take them off and put them back without damaging the silicon. Some YouTuber has done it, but I would give the difficulties for SSD upgrade an 8 if you know how to do it, 10 if you don't really know how to do it and need YouTube videos, 12+ if you don't have too much confidence in it, and the RAM upgrade I would give the difficulties to a 20 (out of 10)