For some reason, this Mac Mini comes with a removable SSD. However, RAM, CPU, GPU, and everything else is glued to the motherboard.

@nixCraft well RAM, CPU and GPU are one SoC. I‘m not sure if there would be an interface providing enough bandwidth to make them swappable. But if there would I‘d be a huge fan of it.

@marcus ever built an x86 or x64 desktop computer?

@FlohEinstein yes many, but none with an SoC.

@marcus IMO SoC in PCs is just an euphemism for "We give the customer a small speed boost but make it absolutely unserviceable and keep out competitors". I mean for the average Apple customer, will they ever perform a task on the computer where the time and bandwidth between CPU and RAM or GPU really matter? (Apart from virtualizing software that would have run without virtualization if it weren't that SoC 😉)

@FlohEinstein @marcus also for the average Apple customer: will they ever swap out RAM or storage? Big nope. The benefits of an integrated SoC are numerous and outweighs DIY tinkering for majority of their customers.