They took apart the Mac Mini M4 and inside they found Apple’s best design decision in years

Who would have thought that the new Mac mini, although smaller, would be better repaired than the previous larger model. And that’s it,When Apple miniaturizes products so muchthere comes a time when changing something inside becomes almost impossible. For example, AirPods or Apple Pencil cannot be repaired. Apple seems to have made good decisions in this regard from this year. We have already seen the changes when the iPhone 16 opened and now with the new Mac Mini M4 there are two decisions that will make many users happy.

Inside the Mac mini is a modular, easy-to-replace SSD

A teardown of the Mac Mini M4 revealed a major change in its internal design: the SSD is no longer soldered to the motherboard

. Instead we find a removable storage module, similar to the one we saw in the Mac Studio and Mac Pro. In fact, for the Mac Pro they are sold in the Apple Store itself. At a high price, yes, but at least you can expand your storage. This discovery has raised expectations among the most enthusiastic users, who dream of being able to upgrade their storage on their own.

Of course, before we start celebrating, we must clarify one important point: whether Remov able does not necessarily mean scalable

by the user. We already know that Apple maintains great control over its components. But it’s a step closer to future substitutions.

Improved disk speed on base model

Another good news is also related to this SSD drive. And, if you remember, Apple modified the models with 256 GB M2, that is, the most economical model. In Cupertino, the decision was made, instead of putting two 128 GB SSDs, to put only one 256 GB SSD. The result was much slower read and write speeds. Now the Mac mini M4 use two 128 GB modules again

instead of just 256 GB. The result? Faster speeds that will be noticeable in everything you do in the operating system.

Internal design optimized to the maximum

The interior of the new Mac Mini M4 is a work of art. I was amazed watching the entire YouTube video as they took it out piece by piece. Unlike previous models, on which Apple had a lot of space, the The Mac mini M4 takes advantage of every millimeter. The motherboard, integrated power supply and cooling system…

And speaking of refrigeration, this is something that surprised me the most. Everything is wonderful. Its design makes itair moves inside the Mac mini through different levels. Yes, as if they were stairs. This allows you to maintain the performance of the powerful M4 or M4 Pro chip, as it will always be properly cooled. And I, who am writing this article from there, can tell you that it is very calm.

It seems that everything is good in the new Mac mini M4: top performance, a good entry price and, now, when we see its interior, we see that it is modular and solved the disk speed problem. Will it be the best Mac with an in-house design? There are many options for making this happen.

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