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   From: crude@sausa.ge   
      
   On Thu, 22 Jan 2026 04:33:48 -0000 (UTC), Gremlin wrote:   
      
   > Brock McNuggets    
   > news:6970f494$0$26$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com Wed, 21 Jan 2026 15:45:24   
   > GMT in comp.os.linux.advocacy, wrote:   
   >   
   >> On Jan 20, 2026 at 8:14:38 PM MST, "Gremlin" wrote   
   >> :   
   >>   
   >>> Your mac depends on that drive for it's very life.  A drive you   
   >>> cannot replace. Nasty. I don't have critical firmware present on the   
   >>> SSD on this machine. Losing the drive won't turn this computer into a   
   >>> brick. I'd say this conversation has reached it's end at this point,   
   >>> bud.   
   >>   
   >> Your point seems to be   
   >   
   > That the modern macs become paperweights when the internally soldered   
   > SSD fails. And it only takes the failure of one of the NAND chips which   
   > together make up the drive for this to happen. All of this has been   
   > confirmed to be true. It's indisputable. There is nothing more that   
   > needs to be discussed concerning this.   
      
   Indeed, which is exactly why Michael Glasser, parasite from Prescott,   
   Arizona will keep going forever.   
      
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