Those SSD are both hardware and software locked to the mother board. Once the SSD goes, the whole machine goes.
The same can be said about RAM…once that goes, the mother board does too.
Perhaps the goal is to use the SSD as a sacrifice in order to extend the life of the obviously more important RAM.
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.
Those SSD are both hardware and software locked to the mother board. Once the SSD goes, the whole machine goes. The same can be said about RAM…once that goes, the mother board does too.
Perhaps the goal is to use the SSD as a sacrifice in order to extend the life of the obviously more important RAM.
Although RAM is vastly more durable than the flash chips of an SSD, so that wouldn’t make sense.
It might make more sense from a cost viewpoint, since flash is typically cheaper than RAM.
I know. I wrote it as a crap excuse. The SSD that stores user data is infinitly more important than RAM.
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.
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.