Macbook Pro 13 2016 Touch Bar Ssd Upgrade

Testing conducted by apple in october 2020 using preproduction 13 inch macbook pro systems with apple m1 chip as well as production 1 7ghz quad core intel core i7 based 13 inch macbook pro systems with intel iris plus graphics 645 all configured with 16gb ram and 2tb ssd.

Macbook pro 13 2016 touch bar ssd upgrade. Features a 15 inch 2880 by 1800 retina display quad core intel core i7 256 gb 512 gb 1 tb 2tb storage options 16 gb ram and a keyboard equipped with a touch bar. 10 29 2016 by shareef yousef shareef yousef you may want to review the vid on apples web site and reviewers comments. As documented by site sponsor owc regardless of generation all 13 inch 15 inch and 16 inch models with the touch bar functionality do in fact have the ssd soldered in place which makes them impossible to upgrade after purchase. Tested with prerelease shapr3d 3 45 0 using a 288 2mb model.

But new images surfacing on the web this week after the first macbook pro with touch bar units began reaching the hands of buyers are showing that the touch bar models don t follow suit and have ssd storage chips soldered into their logic boards. For lack of a better name i m calling the most basic new 13 inch macbook pro the dumb one because it doesn t have a touch bar screen and it s missing two thunderbolt ports but who s. Soldered ssd in touch bar mbp brings potential issues disappointment apple announced new macbook pro models at its hello again event thursday. After seeing in ifixit s teardown that the base model of the new 2016 macbook pro without the touch bar had a removable pcie ssd storage unit many were excited at the possibility of aftermarket upgrade parts across the new macbook pro lineup.

Macbook pro 13 with touch bar all models macbook pro 15 with touch bar all models this may change if a third party manufacturer manages to create a compatible hard drive but for the time being you ll need to go to an apple store or an apple authorized service provider if you need your hard drive replaced. 256gb pcie based onboard ssd. Macbook pro 15 touch bar late 2016. 512gb 512gb pcie based onboard ssd configurable to 1tb ssd.

Apple s 2016 revision to their laptop lineup targeted at professional users. Intel iris graphics 550. 8gb of 2133mhz lpddr3 onboard memory configurable to 16gb of memory.