Planned obsolescence at its worst. Horrible for e-waste as well. eMMC-ONLY (with no SATA or M.2 ports) should be BANNED, IMHO. They need to provide a way for users to replace/upgrade storage, not if, but when, the eMMC fails or becomes unreliable. (*)
(*) It's not like I'm asking the world here, but most laptops these days sold with eMMC, also have options to be sold (same mobo) with either SATA or M.2 "proper" SSDs (at a higher price-point), and all I'm asking, is maybe a quarter USD worth of connector material to allow these laptops to not become obsolete and e-waste in three years.
Edit: I would be willing to strike a middle-ground, and for laptops whos motherboard layouts do no include a native SATA or M.2 pinout anywhere, then it would be acceptable simply to have BIOS/UEFI boot support, for the SD card slot to boot a Linux distro, at least then, you could put the laptop to work, even if the internal eMMC fails on you.
This regulation would be primarily environmental in nature, to prevent pre-mature (and easily preventable!) e-WASTE.
Apparently, these eMMC models, are NOT "M.2 upgradable".
Sigh. Would have been REAL nice of Lenovo, to keep that option. Gotta save those two pennies!
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