mikethemartian

I would think that bottom front would be more convenient than bottom rear.

How is this article any less clickbait than the “shock journalists” articles?

DAalseth said:

lowededwookie said:

Brilliant idea only how do you get the connector installed? That's a warranty voiding repair right there.

I took the point of this to be that there is no engineering reason Apple doesn’t do this. When Apple gets sued for forcing users to replace their MacBooks rather than making them reparable, this will be one of the exhibits. 

There was never a signal integrity issue to use a connector. There are connectors that are used on devices with high speed data rates much faster than the SSDs used in a Mac. It is just an easy way to milk extra money out of their base users.

chasm said:

alexjenn said:

Another difficult step once the upgrade has been completed is re-configuring the MacBook model. Users who want to do the repair themselves will need a second Mac handy to use Apple Configurator to restore the upgraded MacBook.

Time Machine?

No. This is resetting the Mac entirely, not just restoring a backup.

You can set up a new Mac from the Time Machine drive from the Mac you are replacing.

Great, now you can spend more time in pointless meetings at work.