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Apple keeps flogging 8GB of RAM for its Mac computers but it's still a dead horse (www.pcgamer.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Those SSD are both hardware and software locked to the mother board.

I know they did it with RAM which is bad enough but to do it with SSDs as well. That alone is a reason not to get an Apple device.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

They might not specifically software lock the drive, but I do recall somethibg about them enabling disk encryption by default. So you're data is essentially tied to the system.

https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/protect-data-on-your-mac-with-filevault-mh11785/mac It is enabled automatically, and unless you actually know to store the key somewhere you're fucked.