You can DIY upgrade the M4 Pro Mac mini's internal SSD to 4TB—for almost half Apple's upgrade pricing (but still 3x what normal M.2 NVMe SSDs cost 🙄)
How does that compare to external Thunderbolt 5 storage? A video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqmPjO-iHLo
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