Overview
- YouTuber dosdude1 showed a MacBook Neo running a 1TB internal drive using a K8A5 NAND chip used in the 1TB iPhone 16 Pro, saying it worked without a hitch.
- The upgrade delivers faster storage performance than the stock drive that ships with the Neo.
- The procedure requires a full teardown, preparation of the NAND on a separate Windows PC, and precision soldering to install the new chip.
- The replacement NAND must be blank and unprogrammed, which makes chips pulled from used iPhones unlikely to work.
- Memory cannot be upgraded because the Neo’s 8GB RAM is integrated into the A18 Pro system‑on‑a‑chip.