XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: crude@sausa.ge   
      
   On Fri, 23 Jan 2026 05:53:48 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
      
   > 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.   
      
   Since Michael Glasser, parasite from Prescott, Arizona, cannot afford a   
   current MacBook and has to rely on donations from USENET posters from   
   across the world, he is not bothered by the fact that recent MacBooks are   
   essentially ticking time bombs.   
      
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