[conradev]

Yes! I forgot that the NVMe controller is on-die. I want some way to swap the NAND chips. Reminds me of this video:

https://youtu.be/KRRNR4HyYaw

For an iMac, though, they have a bigger thermal envelope and no battery. It seems more reasonable. Apple even did the software engineering necessary to support the Mac Pro.

That would be Apple’s counter-argument right there. Want Linux on your M1? Get a Mac, not an iPad. Want swappable storage? Get a Mac Pro, not an iMac.

[Aaron2222]

This video[0] claims to show such a mod to a MacBook.

[0]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3N-z-Y8cuw

[thrtythreeforty]

That is some gorgeous PCB work. And goes to show that JLCPCB (you can tell from the order number) is perfectly usable for applications needing a controller impedance stackup.