XPost: comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2026-01-30 10:24, -hh wrote:   
   >> Alan was previously under the impression that when the internal drive   
   >> dies   
   >> he can still make use of the computer. That he could use external   
   >> media to   
   >> boot up and operate the computer. That's not the case.   
   >   
   > It is no longer the case today, but it used to be true.   
      
   Also, he's dishonestly conflating the fact that SSDs have a finite   
   number of writes with the "death" of the entire drive.   
      
   When an SSD can no longer be written, it can still be read.   
      
   And given that the information required for booting needs to be read only.   
      
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