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   From: brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com   
      
   On Jan 22, 2026 at 10:53:48 PM MST, "Lawrence D´Oliveiro" wrote   
   <10kv2dc$3l2lk$3@dont-email.me>:   
      
   > 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.   
      
   There are also benefits to the design, though. And one component does not tell   
   the whole story.   
      
   I wonder if iMacs last less time than other desktops.   
   >   
   >> ... 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.   
      
   There are tradeoffs. What Apple does allows for lower power use, improves data   
   security, allows for smaller boards, reduces heat, and makes sure all   
   components are known which simplifies QA and the like.   
      
   Does not mean that upgradability and repairability are not harmed, nor that   
   these are not significant. They absolutely are.   
      
      
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