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   From: recscuba_google@huntzinger.com   
      
   On 1/19/26 22:24, Gremlin wrote:   
   > Alan  news:10kh1ls$2tajo$5@dont-email.me Sat, 17 Jan 2026   
   > 22:15:24 GMT in comp.os.linux.advocacy, wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 2026-01-17 00:31, Gremlin wrote:   
   >   
   >> But on a factual basis, the laptop is not turned into a "paperweight" if   
   >> the internal SSD dies:   
   >   
   > If one or more of those NAND chips which make up the internal SSD shorts   
   > to ground, your mac becomes a paperweight. It's no longer able to make use   
   > of external media in that case. To repair it requires NAND replacement as   
   > well as power management components.   
      
   But isn't that true of all computers when a soldered component fails?   
      
   Its been 40+ years since I've owned a computer whose RAM was installed   
   in sockets - - are you suggesting that this is what we all should be   
   "just in case" going back to?   
      
      
      
   -hh   
      
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