APPLE TAX IS OFFICIALLY DEAD.
Old way: Pay Apple an extra $800 to upgrade from 256GB to 2TB storage.
New way -> Open the Mac mini M4, swap the proprietary NAND adapter board, drop in a 2TB NVMe SSD.
The Stack:
Mac mini M4 base unit (256GB)
Custom M.2 NVMe adapter board
2TB high-speed NVMe module
Unit Economics:
Apple official upgrade cost: +$800
DIY module cost: ~$150
Time invested: 15 minutes
Savings: $650 net reduction -> 75% hardware markup eliminated.
Performance verified via Blackmagic Disk Speed Test: ~3,100 MB/s read/write speeds maintained without thermal throttling.
Save this build. Apple's walled garden keeps shrinking for those who know how to open the chassis.
Ne votez pas. La démocratie est un shirk dans la législation, et il n’y a aucun maslaha à y participer, seulement de la mafsada. Si nos sœurs sont sanctionnées pour leur voile, les hommes musulmans doivent les soutenir, les aider à payer ces amendes injustes, et les défendre.
In 1997, Turkish audio engineer Ahmad Tekin Topuzdag went to Madinah for Umrah and noticed that the sound inside Masjid an-Nabawi was unclear, with too much echo and feedback.
He spoke to the mosque’s management and was given one section to test his ideas. The improvement was so noticeable that he was asked to help fix the entire sound system.
Over the next 10 years, he completely upgraded the audio system at Masjid an-Nabawi and also worked on the sound system at Masjid al-Haram. He replaced microphones, cables, speakers and other equipment, adjusted the system for each Imam and muezzin, reduced echo and feedback, and divided the mosque into seven audio zones.
He also added microphones so the Imam could be heard clearly during every part of the prayer.
After finishing the work, the sound became much clearer and covered a much wider range of frequencies. Before leaving Saudi Arabia, Topuzdag also trained Saudi engineers who later went on to manage audio systems in mosques across the Kingdom.
What started as a problem he noticed during an Umrah trip became a 10-year mission to improve the sound of the two holy mosques.