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   Alan to Joel W. Crump   
   =?UTF-8?Q?Re=3A_Remember_when_setting_up   
   17 Jan 26 18:04:05   
   
   XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2026-01-17 15:30, Joel W. Crump wrote:   
   > On 1/17/26 5:56 PM, Alan wrote:   
   >   
   >>>> But on a factual basis, the laptop is not turned into a   
   >>>> "paperweight" if the internal SSD dies:   
   >>>>   
   >>>> 'How to use an external storage device as a Mac startup disk'   
   >>>>   
   >>>>    
   >>>>   
   >>>> If you're going to make a claim, should you maybe at least do a   
   >>>> little research?   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I typed, "can you boot an apple silcon mac from an external drive?"   
   >>>> into DuckDuckGo and the very first external link was that one.   
   >>>   
   >>> ROFLMFAO, another reference regarding Mac use and heavy dependence on   
   >>> external storage.  You can't make up how bad the sales pitch for this   
   >>> crapware really is.   
   >>   
   >> You should remain quiet.   
   >>   
   >> Adults are talking.   
   >   
   >   
   > Insinuating something about my maturity or developmental level despite   
   > my definitely "adult" age is not a cover for having to address my point,   
   > Alan.  I'm trying to be civil and not just feed so much into your games,   
   > but that is what being adult means, I'm seeing you have a need to put   
   > yourself on a higher level than me, which I don't really mind since it   
   > won't work, everyone who's anyone knows it's impossible to dispute my   
   > intellect, so go ahead and feed your ego, but meanwhile you're looking   
   > dumb to just blow off my observation about how Apple's computers end up   
   > using external storage including apparently according to you to replace   
   > a dead internal component.  So, no, Alan, no one is going to "remain   
   > quiet" when you aren't a censor of anyone else.   
   >   
      
   Riiiight!   
      
   Because "ROFLMFAO" and "crapware" are the hallmarks of civil discourse.   
      
   Buzz off.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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