[JohnFen]

You can replace your SSD without replacing your laptop.

[waffletower]

I think people have forgotten what year it is and how ubiquitous SoC and unified memory designs have become.

[amichail]

On some laptops, it requires a complete motherboard replacement.

[JohnFen]

Really??

I would consider such laptops not fit for purpose and wouldn't buy one in the first place. Of course, that doesn't help if that's the sort you have. Sorry.

[bot403]

It helps reduce size and weight since you can just directly place ssd chips on the motherboard instead of planning for connectors.

Just depends on what your priorities are.

[kasabali]

imagine the 2 grams you'll be losing by skipping the m.2 connector

[munch117]

Connectors are points of failure. The less of them, the more reliable.

[bigyabai]

SSDs are a more common point-of-failure. You want it socketed unless you're shipping redundant flash modules.

[amichail]

MacBooks are like that.

[JohnFen]

Well, then I wouldn't buy a MacBook.

Regardless, if you're concerned about the logging of beta software prematurely wearing out your SSD, then don't use beta software. It's not ready for release anyway, by definition. It's there so you can help test it for the developers. Logging is an important part of that.

[justsomehnguy]

I have a feeling you missed a giant "/s".

Or maybe not, can't be sure nowadays.