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ДЇirst generation white polycarbonate MacBook, 2006 Apple continued to sell the MacBook to educational institutions until February 2012. On July 20, 2011, the MacBook was discontinued for consumer purchase as it had been effectively superseded by the MacBook Air which had a lower entry price. A third design, introduced in late 2009, had a polycarbonate unibody casing. The second type was introduced in October 2008 alongside the 15-inch MacBook Pro the MacBook shared the more expensive laptop's unibody aluminium casing, but omitted FireWire. The original model used a combination of polycarbonate and fiberglass casing which was modeled after the iBook G4. There have been four separate designs of the MacBook. Collectively, the MacBook brand is the 'world's top-selling line of premium laptops.' For five months in 2008, it was the best-selling laptop of any brand in US retail stores. Positioned as the low end of the MacBook family, below the premium ultra-portable MacBook Air and the powerful MacBook Pro, the MacBook was aimed at the consumer and education markets.

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It replaced the iBook series of notebooks as a part of Apple's transition from PowerPC to Intel processors. A new line of computers by the same name was released in 2015, serving the same purpose as an entry-level laptop. It will be interesting to see if companies like iFixit and more will dig further into the possibilities and concerns.The MacBook is a line of Macintosh notebook computers designed, manufactured and sold by Apple Inc.

While this isnвЂ™t something thatвЂ™s likely to become a mainstream option for upgrades, it is nonetheless an impressive technical feat.

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And even if thatвЂ™s successful, thereвЂ™s the possibility that Apple could prevent the unofficial hardware from working with a future macOS software update. ThereвЂ™s also the question of how durable/reliable the upgrades would be after forcefully removing the original soldered hardware and installing new components. However, itвЂ™s important to keep in mind that this process is very risky and of course will void AppleвЂ™s warranty. The photos show the RAM and SSD modules removed with screenshots showing the upgraded storage showing in macOS. The discovery, being attributed to the engineer Yang Changshun from Guangzhou, China has been shared across Chinese social media and was detailed by with images (via MacRumors).

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However, just like weвЂ™ve seen with aftermarket iPhone and iPad hardware upgrades, someone has allegedly cracked how to replace memory and storage with M1 Macs correctly recognizing the upgrades. Over the years, thatвЂ™s become less of an option and for the M1 Macs, it was thought to be impossible with the RAM and SSD directly soldered to the M1 chip.

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With older Macs, if users didnвЂ™t want to pay for more RAM or more storage up front, it was possible with a variety of models to upgrade those components later on.

In an interesting development, an engineer in China has reportedly discovered how to successfully upgrade both the SSD and RAM on M1 Macs вЂ“ but of course, itвЂ™s a very risky and difficult move. While the three M1 Macs released in late 2020 have been widely praised for a host of advancements, one criticism has been that the hardware is not upgradeable or repairable after purchase with the major components soldered to the board.

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