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Can I update the 2017 MacBook Pro 15" SSD?

Hello everyone,

I'm planning to buy a new mid-2017 MacBook Pro 15" to replace my late-2011 MacBook Pro 13" (5 years of use). The thing is I want the 2TB storage option, because I do YouTube, make music, have college work, and work in Xcode. However, I don't want to pay over $4,000. My current thought is to buy the 512 GB model and replace it with a 2TB SSD. I've tried to find a replacement, but I'm not sure what kind the new ones have.

My question is can I buy a 2TB SSD to replace the 512GB SSD? Can Apple or Best Buy do it, because I don't trust myself enough to do? Will it void my warranty? Can you recommend me an SSD? 

Everything in the new models is soldered or glued on. Unless you order it with the upgrade, no one will do it (you can ask a third party service place, but since apple did not intend for it to be upgraded, you might void the warranty. Here are the specs and remarks for a 2017 MBP:

https://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/macbook_pro/specs/macbook-pro-core-i7-3.1- 15-mid-2017-retina-display-touch-bar-spe…

But, you can buy an SSD and put it in an external enclosure, format it, clone your system to it, and use that as a bootup drive.

Except for warranty, the question is what would be the sort of the upgraded SSD. The OWC parts have bad reputation, one way would be to buy a destroyed model with higher SSD and transfer the memory, but it will be expensive with considerable risks.

最后更新：2017-09-20 16:20:32

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