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>>ekianj+(OP)
TL;DR: Anybody know if Lenovo is locking-down NVME by PCI id, the same way they do wifi cards on their new Ryzen 4000 laptops?

I've been looking at Ryzen 4000 based laptops. I need a pointer stick / eraser stick (I hate touchpads), and Lenovo is the only choice I've seen with Ryzen 4000 and a pointer stick.

The Lenovo T14 is pretty compelling. However, I just can't stomach paying roughly 4x the market rate for NVME storage. They want $719 for a 1TB NVME drive (where I don't even know the vendor), when I can buy a 2TB drive from a vendor I trust for 1/2 of that. If I knew I could just open the thing up and replace the NVME drive, then I'd get it. But I"m afraid they've BIOS locked it to whatever OEM drive they ship.

>>drewg1+CX
I think the rationale for locking down WLAN/WWAN is adding random cards break promises around radio certifications. NVMe drives shouldn't so idk but the motivations are weaker.