Oh, yeah, and the weight of the 2280 sticks themselves is like 7g. That’s 0.007kg, so it basically wouldn’t even register on a weight scale.
For memory, the excuse is LPDDR5 which has to be soldered.
But for storage, there’s no excuse, except that they started soldering before 2280 NVME became mainstream, so initially Apple’s storage was way faster than the older non-NVME sticks, but that time has long gone.
I think EU ought to create legislation to combat this digital waste and monopolistic pricing. If the computer retails at or above 1k and weighs above 1kg, it has to have removable storage support via NVME 2230, 2242 or 2280. Apple would probably be the only one that’s affected by such rules, and it’s be dubbed MacBook tax.
Oh, yeah, and the weight of the 2280 sticks themselves is like 7g. That’s 0.007kg, so it basically wouldn’t even register on a weight scale.
For memory, the excuse is LPDDR5 which has to be soldered.
But for storage, there’s no excuse, except that they started soldering before 2280 NVME became mainstream, so initially Apple’s storage was way faster than the older non-NVME sticks, but that time has long gone.
I think EU ought to create legislation to combat this digital waste and monopolistic pricing. If the computer retails at or above 1k and weighs above 1kg, it has to have removable storage support via NVME 2230, 2242 or 2280. Apple would probably be the only one that’s affected by such rules, and it’s be dubbed MacBook tax.