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New 27-inch iMac Has Soldered SSD Storage

New 27-inch iMac Has Soldered SSD Storage

Posted August 6, 2020 at 3:40pm by iClarified
Apple's new 27-inch iMac now uses soldered, non upgradeable, SSD storage, according to an iFun.de report. The site found internal technical documentation confirming the change.

According to internally published technical information, the SSDs integrated by Apple are not plugged in and therefore interchangeable memory modules, as was previously the case with the Fusion Drive. Instead, individual memory chips are soldered onto the main board, similar to how Apple has been doing this for MacBooks for several years. As a consequence, the basic memory configuration is fixed and cannot be changed or upgraded afterwards.

This is disappointing news; however, it's still unclear if storage expansion using a second drive is possible. We should know more when the desktop begins arriving to customers.


Fortunately, the RAM on the new 27-inch iMac is still user upgradeable. You can save over $2000 by doing this. More details here.

The new iMac can be pre-ordered starting at $1799.

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PaulieP
PaulieP - August 6, 2020 at 6:37pm
Not cool but they want everything proprietary.
kricul
kricul - August 6, 2020 at 5:48pm
Hahaha Apple keeping on doing what they do best after jobs died.. Failing
buffolus
buffolus - August 6, 2020 at 4:51pm
The same thing Microsoft surface have inside its product
A-Non-E-Moose
A-Non-E-Moose - August 6, 2020 at 4:42pm
For a starting price of $1800, get cucked!
Griesel
Griesel - August 6, 2020 at 4:17pm
Deal breaker. Pass.
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