Upgrading an M4 Pro Mac mini's storage for half the price

So you pay $700 for an SSD that otherwise retails for $200 and then do an "unauthorized" modification of your own computer and void the warranty to install it, but that's still preferable because it otherwise costs $1200 directly from Apple. The Apple tax is really something else.

> an "unauthorized" modification of your own computer and void the warranty to install it

Citation needed. This modification doesn't look to me at all like it'd void the warranty unless you damage the machine while you do the installation.

If you need to make a warranty claim, you should of course reinstall the factory one before you do so, since the vendor doesn't expect users to replace that and won't have any practices of looking/removing so they can return it to you if you take your machine in for service with a non-Apple card there.

But voiding your warranty for this has been roundly rejected, in the US at least, as long as you don't damage your equipment by doing it.