XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: crude@sausa.ge   
      
   On Fri, 30 Jan 2026 03:14:47 -0000 (UTC), Gremlin wrote:   
      
   > CrudeSausage    
   > news:697b68d8$9$18$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com Thu, 29 Jan 2026 14:04:08   
   > GMT in comp.os.linux.advocacy, wrote:   
   >   
   >> On Thu, 29 Jan 2026 03:24:14 -0000 (UTC), Gremlin wrote:   
   >   
   > [snip snip]   
   >   
   >>> The internal drive dying and turning the machine into a brick is a   
   >>> known issue with Apple products. Specifically with Apple products.   
   >>> PC's don't have this problem. Even a cheap one with a soldered SSD   
   >>> like is found in Apples can still be operated from external media. The   
   >>> apple, ehh, not so much, no.   
   >>   
   >> I would imagine that this is still a problem with more recent Macs. The   
   >> only reason we know about it in the M1s is that MacOS was buggy at   
   >> their time of release and used the storage for swap much too often. In   
   >> other words, it wore out the NVMe prematurely. Apple has since fixed   
   >> the bug and the NVMe doesn't get overused, but there is no reason to   
   >> believe that the same thing won't happen to users who reach the NVMe's   
   >> TBW with their M2, M3, M4 or M5 units.   
   >   
   > The NANDs Apple is using aren't standard. They are a proprietary design.   
   > Those video links I shared previously go into greater detail concerning   
   > that as well as the issues they tend to develop which renders the   
   > computer a paperweight. It's a problem which has not been fixed.   
      
   So buying a Mac is like buying a time bomb. I'll pass and stick to Linux.   
      
   >> I'm sure that Anal will find a way to defend this though.   
   >   
   > He seems to be a bit of an Apple fanboy going by the interesting   
   > discussion I've had with the individual so far. I think it's especially   
   > cute that he accuses me of making up stories and otherwise failing to   
   > prove what I've been writing about the issues. I've posted links to   
   > videos discussing it, I've also shared google search results along with   
   > the query I used to get them. And a discussions.apple link. What else   
   > must I provide to prove that I'm not writing stories about this?   
      
   He's like a muhammedan, absolutely nothing will compromise his absolute   
   devotion to his Apple faith. I don't even bother with his posts anymore.   
   He's in the bin like every other Apple zealot.   
      
   > We know (well some of us anyway) about this because we've seen it in the   
   > field.   
   > It's not an issue of over working or over using the drive. There's an   
   > issue with the NANDs Apple opted to use. An issue which hasn't been   
   > resolved. The NANDs die and take the computer down with them.   
   >   
   > Those video links I shared contain a lot of useful information if he or   
   > anyone else is actually interested in learning about this vs attempting   
   > to troll...Just stating what should be obvious.   
      
   He doesn't want to learn; he wants to defend Apple with his life if   
   necessary.   
      
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