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   From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On 22 Jan 2026 10:28:29 GMT, Brock McNuggets wrote:   
      
   > On Jan 21, 2026 at 9:33:48 PM MST, "Gremlin" wrote   
   > :   
   >   
   >> 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.   
   >   
   > But you have no intention of extending that idea to suggest Macs   
   > are, overall, less reliable than PCs ...   
      
   I think that’s an entirely reasonable extrapolation, in that, as a   
   result of those above design decisions, Macs are more likely to be   
   totally bricked by a simple component failure than a more modular PC   
   design which allows replacing failed components.   
      
   > ... nor to suggest there are not benefits to what Apple is   
   > doing ...   
      
   Benefits to Apple, certainly. Customers are perhaps too willing to   
   assume, without thinking too much about it, that benefits to the   
   company will be benefits to the customer, as well.   
      
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